You should read "for us, the living" by Robert A. Heinlein. I just finished it, it's good. Not that good of a story, but very interesting social commentary.
(in fact, you should read everything by Heinlein, but "For us, the living" has a big section on genetics and love, and also on religion and influence on society, and I think you would find it stimulating)
I want to read that! I read so much Heinlein when I was a teenager, it'll be nice to pick it up again. I tend to strongly favor books that were written in the past few years, but I suppose social commentary doesn't have quite as much of a tendency to obsolescence as the other aspects of science fiction.
styles of arcs?matt_arnoldAugust 20 2004, 13:54:53 UTC
This is one of those moments that I pass over a statement in total agreement, not needing to comment; and then something catches my attention. Why the word "style" and the word "arc"? Can you identify non-biological styles? And is an arc kind of like a paradigm? A choice of words can drop the hint that there's a whole new point of view behind the vocabulary, like when you came up with "schema bendae."
"This is why unconditional love is the kiss of death on any relationship. You are either privileged to have a person, or you have the right to complain about not having them. One or the other. When your money is mine and my money is yours, there is no such thing as a gift. You can't "gift" someone with what's already theirs. Obligation to do a thing, makes your sincere desire to do it superfluous
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(in fact, you should read everything by Heinlein, but "For us, the living" has a big section on genetics and love, and also on religion and influence on society, and I think you would find it stimulating)
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Or, maybe I'm reading too much between the lines.
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