tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post1234281445765228621..comments2023-05-11T18:40:10.140+07:00Comments on by David Barron: Why Science Fiction?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-79719841978306484592010-09-02T18:06:27.800+07:002010-09-02T18:06:27.800+07:00Alas! For that world. A secondary Alas for my basi...Alas! For that world. A secondary Alas for my basic incompetence in the face of it.<br /><br />But at least we have the Internet. I see that 'blogging' was not on Heinlein's list of essential human skills. A rare oversight from the master.<br /><br />As for hog butchery, the scent of Challenge is in the water. If C.S.Lewis could do it in "Till We Have Faces", I can too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-29267089415695085332010-09-02T17:52:34.566+07:002010-09-02T17:52:34.566+07:00Heinlein and the men and women (and characters!) o...Heinlein and the men and women (and characters!) of his day lived in a different world. They had to work harder than most of the world does now, in respect to so many things. As for Lazarus' list, while I can't attest to my own life, I've attampted all but one in my writing, and I'm not sure if my readers would be interested in the finer details of hog butchery. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com