On Thu, 21 Nov 96 10:05:46 -0500, Ken Kirksey wrote:
certain romance in the Gersnbackian view of the future that I enjoy, especially in contrast to the Grim and Gritty (TM) "reality" of most modern and post-modern SF. I still find Heinlein's juveniles to be fun reads, probably for this reason. Ditto for Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars books.
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