1. Robert Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, Charles Manson & the Birth of Cults: A Twitter Essay. (warning: this will run long).
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7. At core of hard sf was desire for new forms of transcendence in world where traditional religions challenged by science: sense of wonder
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8. Heinlein & Hubbard met in 1939 & hit it off immediately. Heinlein: Hubbard "is our kind of people in every possible way."
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@HeerJeet Thought Heinlein was the better writer TBHThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@GreatDismal Maybe hard SF was mainly about mystical transcendence many years ago, but today not all hard SF fits that mold. -
@JoshTabard@GreatDismal I was specifically talking about 1930s/1940s Astounding. But agree not all hard s.f. fits my description.
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@HeerJeet@GreatDismal After STNG, a large branch of hard SF is anti-mystical, a backlash against handwaving concepts such as warp speed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet GOD YES YES YES!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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