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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Andre Norton and Heinlein juveniles
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:49:42 -0500
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On 9/10/2024 10:53 AM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>    <snip>
>> On 9/9/2024 10:15 AM, Ahasuerus wrote:
>>> One thing that we determined back in the 1990s was that Usenet
>>> posters generally agreed that most Heinlein juveniles were "good",
>>> but everyone had a somewhat different rated list. For what it's
>>> worth, here is mine:
>>> Tier 1
>>> * Citizen of the Galaxy
>>> * Have Space Suit -- Will Travel
>>> Tier 2
>>> * Tunnel in the Sky
>>> * The Star Beast
>>> * Time for the Stars
>>> * Red Planet
>>> Tier 3
>>> * Starman Jones
>>> * Farmer in the Sky
>>> * The Rolling Stones
>>> Tier 4
>>> * Between Planets
>>> * Space Cadet
>>> * Podkayne of Mars
>>> Tier 5
>>> * Rocket Ship Galileo
>>> (_Starship Troopers_ was originally written as a juvenile and
>>> rejected by Scribner as "too adult". And then Doubleday and Campbell
>>> rejected it as "too juvenile".)
>>
>> Move "The Star Beast" to Tier 1 and we are good.
>>
>> "The Star Beast" is quite unique among Heinlein's books in that it has
>> many space faring races of different unique configurations.  Very
>> unusual for him.  And Earth was not supreme among the various space
>> faring races.
>>
>> Lynn
> 
> "Have Space Suit -- Will Travel" also had a multitude of space faring
> races, sitting in judgement on Earth after disposing of the bad guys by
> "rotating" their planet.
>    -Don-

I forgot about that !  I need to reread.

I have "Glory Road" as my next Heinlein reread.  Then "I Will Fear No Evil".

Lynn