Comments on: Happy 100th

By: Mr. Hoag

Mr. Hoag — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:06:09 +0000

MI picked up my first R.A.H book as a boy, at the behest of my father.
Since I have read all but a few of his works, and I have never felt as though I “belonged” to a political party. Mankind must be allowed to have a say in the choices that he takes.
A Free Man will always make those choices on his own.
Not his government.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:33:16 +0000

I’ve made a generic correction to the post. I didn’t attend, and if I did, I wouldn’t have bothered to keep a scorecard. I hope everyone had a good time.

By: Eric Green

Eric Green — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:40:21 +0000

I’ve long been a fan of Heinlein and have wondered about The Heinlein Society and other groups dedicated to him.

If the above comments are any indication, I am probably better off never having investigated or (gasp!) joined any of these groups. I’ve been much better off re-reading RAH’s books and chatting with other fans on the web.

That being said, I love your site. Glad to see you’re back at it.

By: Peter Scott

Peter Scott — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:04:14 +0000

Yes, it’s entirely misleading and insulting to both groups to characterize this as a Heinlein Society event.

While they later returned to a neutral position, at the outset the Society officially opposed this event; see their newsletter editorials. The mailing to their members which went out a few months before the event was the only official Society involvement in its production.

The distinction may not appear important to some, but there are many people for whom it makes a great deal of difference.

By: James Gifford

James Gifford — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:42:44 +0000

Partial correction noted, but no, most of the organizers had nothing at all to do with THS.

It’s sad that even after two years of clearly promoting the event for what it was, the assumption is that it was a THS affair in one way or another. Believe me, nothing could be further from the truth.

If you’re going to read these comments and correct your post, at least correct it correctly – if you aren’t going to credit those who did put on the event, at least don’t credit the wrong and entirely undeserving group.