1. So many great details from Heinlein's life that didn't make the final cut of the review essay.
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2. "He almost forced me to sleep with his wife,” L. Ron Hubbard marveled.
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3. Leslyn Heinlein's speculations that her husband and L. Ron Hubbard might have been lovers.
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4. Heinlein's bomb shelter in early 1960s. Shared keys with neighbors, then quarreled. Neighbors gave back keys.
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4b. Heinlein told neighbors -- you keep the bomb shelter keys. No reason for your kids to die just because we're fighting.
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@HeerJeet@Beyerstein RAH's expansive view on sex was clear in his work. Unclear how my adolescent exposure to it affected me later :-)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Loki4Us@Beyerstein Alas on sex Heinlein took a wrong turn with his pro-incest arguments in late books.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@Beyerstein Fair point. Time travel hook posed uncomfortable question. But sexualtiy per se garnered him harsh criticism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Loki4Us@Beyerstein Incest wasn't just in time travel stories. In last novel RAH celebrated father having sex with teen daughters.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@Beyerstein On my way to your piece :-) Did you take position on advocacy versus being provocateur?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Loki4Us @Beyerstein Some provocation but incest is such a recurring event in RAH's work that it's hard not to see something more.
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