Earlier this week we shipped the completed manuscript and cover art for the massive 300-page book The Heart of Danger to American Web Books for publication....
Praise to Phil Zuckerman of American Web Books. After promising that he would have the new Starman book up for order by next Wednesday at the latest, he had it...
For some reason, the link in the previous post to the seventh Starman book doesn't work. Maybe because I put a period at the end of the sentence. At any rate,...
I just finished reading TIME FOR THE STARS, the tenth of the Heinlein juveniles recommended on this message board sometime last spring. A very fine story, as...
I don't know, "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" has a close family, as well as "Rocket Ship Galileo". "Farmer in the Sky" has very strong family ties and the...
As soon as I hit page 14 of "Doomsday Horizon," I wondered what the heck took me so long to get to it? The latest novel by Michael D. Cooper starts off...
Excellent review, Steve! I'm glad you enjoyed the book. ... This is true! As a response to your request I have posted a picture of the new AWB dustjacket here:...
I posted this message on the GallopingGhost messageboard and then realized that it would be good to post here as well, just to make sure that everyone is on...
... as ... Hmm, you're right. Thanks for the reminder, although of those you mention I've only read ROCKET SHIP GALILEO and FARMER IN THE SKY. FITS especially...
Hi David! Glad you're enjoying the Heinlein books. I grew up with them and I'm sure they, and other Heinlein novels, have influenced me greatly over the years....
RSG was primarily an uncle-nephew relationship, but the boys in the story listened and repected their parent's concerns. In fact, the uncle-nephew thing was...
Tom Swift Series - a strong family presence here. Actually, father is present as mentor mostly. Mother is the Leave it to Beaver June Cleaver. Sister, Sandy,...
... I basically agree with you on the first five books you mention. I don't think you mentioned Between Planets or Starman Jones. In BP, the family is pretty...
... You have to remember WHEN this book was written: 1955. At that time, Freudian pop psychology was in vogue and everyone but everyone seemed to be blaming...
... Pardon Me For Jumping In... I haven't read any of the books cited, but the mildness, and even matter-of-factness, of your tone towards them dumbfounds,...
... The moderator (that would be me) is paying attention. Glenn had a good question and I thought the response would be worth reading; if things appear to be...
Jon Cooper wrote: Glenn had a good question and I thought the response would be worth reading... Well, as Dafydd Neal Dyar wrote a few weeks ago, I guess...
[this is a side track from the Heinlein theme] David, Thanks for also adding your beliefs on traditional families, I appreciated that as much as I did the...
... appreciated that as much as I did the comments made.... ... willing to state what they believe, so few people do now days, afraid of offending someone, and...
Writing on the last Starman book, The Last Command, is progressing very well. It is more than one-third completed only five weeks into the writing. Following...
Two weeks ago, the definitive edition of Doomsday Horizon went to print with American Web Books. Today, the new book, The Heart of Danger, also went to print. ...
I know this is a crazy question, especially coming from the person who actually drafted the plot for this story, but on what date does The Lost Tomorrow begin?...
In THOD (Chapter 7) we're told (indirectly) that Joe's birthday is September 17, 2134. Joe is almost six months older than Zip (March 2134)--- also from...
... The date is never given in the text of the story--it is only stated that Joe is 73. He was born on September 17, 2134, so that means that The Lost Tomorrow...
From: Mark McSherry [mailto:mmcshrry@...] ... That is something of a painful subject. Several months ago I sent AWB the dustjacket for Doomsday Horizon,...