There was a time when Door to Summer was my favourite book! It helped me to get out of a ver sad part of my life… Then, I was looking for my door to summer.
And after that, I found Stranger in a Strange Land and fell in love with Heinlein. Starship Troopers made me think about justice, society and democracy in a way I never did before; and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress taught me lots about revolution and love.
Love… Indeed, he was not an “easy” man: he was far too self-righteous, sometimes chauvinist. But I loved his books, and still do; they had a kind of tenderness thats getting harder to find.
Finally, my English is too poor to explain what Time Enough for Love is for me. Lets only say Im still finding it out…
(And he loved cats! As much as I do!)
A little gift:
With brilliant quotes such as:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
and this (which always makes me cry):
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
