Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 8 months agoRobert Heinlein's form letter response to people who wrote to himlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoWhen the idea is “if you get gang raped, just lie back and enjoy it,” I think that says something about the person.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNot always. If it was a constant them then yes, but Heinlen was complicated. It’s like saying Stephen king likes to murder people.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoThat idea is also a very common thing in Ayn Rand’s writing too, which he’s said he was quite influenced by her writing in an interview in the mid 70s.
When the idea is “if you get gang raped, just lie back and enjoy it,” I think that says something about the person.
Not always. If it was a constant them then yes, but Heinlen was complicated. It’s like saying Stephen king likes to murder people.
That idea is also a very common thing in Ayn Rand’s writing too, which he’s said he was quite influenced by her writing in an interview in the mid 70s.