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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Worst) Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:05:23 -0700 Organization: none at all Lines: 29 Message-ID: <v93mg3$afep$3@dont-email.me> References: <v7o9o9$l1s$1@reader1.panix.com> <v7ptca$1jcdp$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:05:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="07930707893fb2bb83dcd7277121a9c7"; logging-data="343513"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18PSsAnMtKw1eYq2CkdX0KY" User-Agent: Betterbird (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hSigMg7A4wrkjoRucXGka5dHOww= In-Reply-To: <v7ptca$1jcdp$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2124 On 7/23/24 20:45, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 7/23/2024 8:04 AM, James Nicoll wrote: >> Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein >> >> Can atomic Commiegeddon and the end of the world distract comely young >> Barbara from the allure of irresistibly middle-aged Hugh Farnham's >> interminable lectures? And what of the Race Question? >> >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/sic-transit-gloria-mundi > > And what of the cannibalism question ? > > Lynn If cannabilism for survival is indicated do not eat the brains. Stick to muscle meat and alway cook it well done. In the long series about the return of magic to the world and the death of high tech such as internal compubution engines. Insane cannibals are the fate of city populations. The Emberverse of S.M. Stirling consoders cannabalism to be the ultimate and unforgivable sin. Read them all. Would read more if he was so bold as to write more about a world with magic. bliss -- b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com