Indeed, Dan takes the view that she's simply an adorable little girl, which to my mind certainly doesn't equate to anything sexual or otherwise inappropriate, and there's no hint of improper thoughts or actions on his part. She grows up in a safe and secure environment (with her grandmother, if I remember correctly - I don't have the book to hand right now), and there's no suggestion of pressure from Dan at any time. Ricky has nine years after Dan goes into cold sleep to grow up and make up her own mind about what she really wants. I also want to say that I don't think the love story is 'questionable'. r/printSF's wiki - has a list of freely accessible Sci-Fi to read RAH Facebook Heinlein Forum Facebook Robert Heinlein Booklist (Thanks to RtlsnkSteve and angryfistofgod). Need to catch up on Heinlein works? Here you go: He set a standard for scientific and engineering plausibility, and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. Often called the 'dean of science fiction writers', he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time. Robert Anson Heinlein (J– May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science-and it means as little to us (because of our Earthling assumptions) as color means to a blind man. Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed-to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. The Heinlein Society - Paying It Forward!Ī place to discuss anything related to Robert Anson Heinlein and his works.

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