Seamus wrote:
"My cup of tea...
Science fiction literature is my favorite escape. My favorite author is Robert A. Heinlein.
Most anyone who's read any science fiction has read at least Starship Troopers, or Stranger in a Strangeland(both published in the same year).
My favorite Heinlein novel, however, is Friday. It's about a genetically engineered genius with faster-than-human reflexes, greater-than-human strength, and she's one hot babe with a hpyeractive sex drive.
Don't misunderstand me. I don't read Heinlein, or science fiction for the sex appeal(that's what comics are for(just kidding)). Much of Heinlein's writing presents a brighter future which is still working out many of todays cultural problems.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress about a nation fighting for it's independance from it's tyrannical rulers who lead it from far, far away.
Stanger in a Strange Land is about the dangers of blind faith and mob mentality.
Methuselah's Children is about the persecution of a minority.
The Man Who Sold the Moon is about the quest for the fullfilment of a dream.
There are more stylisticlly talented writers than Heinlein, and more out-there, bizarre writers than him as well. But for some reason, his writing(most of it anyways) resonates a sense of truth to me.
In Orson Scott Card's Seventh Son, the character says, ""Everything to be believed is an image of truth"".
That's my cup of tea."
