grok'ed it

[Kevin Wright]

That's not Heinlein, that's Frederick Pohl (I think).

"Have Spacesuit, Will Travel" was my first RAH.20 years later I have 
every book published by him. Among other things, he had a knack for 
creating characters you'd want to meet and friends with.

krw

Wasn't it Shirley, Mark R who said:
>Oldest Heinlein I read was the Heechee saga... 
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Shannen Durphey [mailto:shannen at grolen.com]
>>  Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 5:33 PM
>>  To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>>  Subject: Re: grok'ed it
>>
>>
>>  I'm not that old, but I know Heinlein.  I got into plenty of
>>  trouble by being
>>  caught reading Heinlein (and Bradbury, and Asimov, and CS
>>  Lewis, and whatever
>>  else I could find) when I was supposed to be doing
>>  schoolwork.  I still remember
>>  "Oscar" the spacesuit.  I also remember the day I learned
>>  that spacesuits don't
>>  need heaters like the pre-moon launch sci-fi writers believed.
>>
>>  At one time I had a huge collection of vacuum tubes.  I
>>  wanted to build a
>  > computer, and all the books I was reading talked about vacuum
>>  tubes in the
>>  computers, so I grabbed every tube I could find figuring I'd
>>  eventually have
>>  enough.  Good thing I moved into car parts a few years later.
>>   Ida been no match
>>  for IBM.
>>  Shannen
>>
>>
>>
>>  Dave Williams wrote:
>>  >
>>  > -> "grok" is used widely amongst techo's who've read SF in the
>>  > -> past, or have associated with SF fans.
>>  >
>  > >  Heinlein, "Stranger In A Strange Land", 35 years ago. 
>>  "Just the other
>>  > day" to us geezer types.
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