Comments on: The Tarnishing of The Golden Age http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/sf/the-tarnishing-of-the-golden-age/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/sf/the-tarnishing-of-the-golden-age/comment-page-1/#comment-32456 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:12:45 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=8715#comment-32456 Notable that reactions to this blog post on Twitter skewed very heavily (like 100%, albeit a small sample size) by gender. Guys were “I loved Heinlein when I was 12″, and women were “Ewwww”.

]]> By: Amadan http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/sf/the-tarnishing-of-the-golden-age/comment-page-1/#comment-32447 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:25:15 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=8715#comment-32447 I have fond memories of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but I think I was about 16 when I read it. I think he was a great storyteller if nothing else.

I still love his juveniles, dated though they are. But most of his later stuff (and some of his not-so-late stuff, like I Will Fear No Evil) is just unspeakable.

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/sf/the-tarnishing-of-the-golden-age/comment-page-1/#comment-32314 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:58:09 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=8715#comment-32314 In retrospect, I’m probably being a bit harsh on Heinlein fans. I’m probably thinking of the “noisy people on the Internet” who are never that representative.

There are plenty of people who can appreciate his storytelling while accepting his politics are problematic and his social attitudes have dated very badly, much in the same way people can appreciate the Cthulhu mythos while recognising Lovecraft’s racism is problematic.

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