2. Manson was no reader but by gleaning & osmosis he found enough in those two books to form theology of his cult.
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3. The Manson Family were devotees of Heinlein's Stranger (as were many others): created own rituals of water sharing.
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4. When Manson Family murders went down, one Family member (Lynette Fromme) made desperate attempts to call Heinlein, thinking he could help.
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5. In May 1969, at a film festival in Rio, Robert Heinlein met Sharon Tate, who was murdered by the family a few months later.
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6. My extended thoughts on Manson, Hubbard, Heinlein here: https://newrepublic.com/article/145906/charles-mansons-science-fiction-roots …
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Great thread.. Intuition.
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Two classics of authoritarian science fiction.
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Two classic authoritarian sci fi authors at any rate.
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I reread Stranger last year for the first time since I was 14 and my main reaction was "Oh, yeah, I can totally see how this could inspire a murderous sex cult."
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2. Young astrophysicists. And don't get me started on how it considered homosexuality abnormal but the guys watched girl on girl action.
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