16. If Heinlein wrote "A Modest Proposal" many of his readers would have started a baby-eating cult.
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27. More broadly, Heinlein pushed himself to imagine a post-racial future but couldn't quite do it b/c of his own limits.
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28. Friday (1982) is interesting as late-period Heinlein meditation on race. He self-critiques earlier eugenic ideas.
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@HeerJeet You should combine these with your thoughts on Updike into something about white authors trying but failing to get it. -
@erikgregersen A good thought!
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