Re Moorcock

Allan Lloyd · 18 Apr 2003, 17:22 · from urth-v0304.mbox · original

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From: "Allan Lloyd" <allan-lloyd at lineone.net>
Subject: (urth) Re Moorcock
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 18:22:30 +0100
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Blattid makes many points against which I would find no argument. On the =
subject of Heinlein, maybe I am using the common view of his work, =
without having read that much of it.However, many of his massive later =
works do contain a point-of-view character who seems to be not Heinlein =
himself, but an embarrassingly obvious version of  what he would like to =
have been if he had been born later and been part of his perception of =
the "Permissive Society" of the Sixties. These father-figures who are =
still highly potent, and attractive to strings of young girls are indeed =
a very pleasant fantasy (speaking as a male now approaching his 54th =
year!) but it is psychologically revealing to repeat this image so many =
times.

Hoping Blattid enjoys "King of the City". I have also just read "Letters =
from Hollywood" after searching for it for many years, and I loved it =
too. Is California really like that?

  Allan

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