The article in the New York Times reporting Nixon’s ban on soybean exports on June 28, 1973, was, as we used to say when we still read printed newspapers, “below the fold.” Above the fold, dramatic banner headlines blasted out the latest developments in the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War.
I had no idea you were that Leonard's son. I remember reading his reviews and pieces in the NYT, and of course reading Heinlein myself. Your most recent piece on soy was extraordinarily good, a masterpiece. I mean it.
Is nice to have those kind of memories of your father. I'm a bit older than you and first read Time Enough in 1976. I was impressed with it at the time. It is the only scifi book which prompted me to cry. I recently reread it. It's funny how differently I responded to it today. Specifically, a large portion of the book consists of " The Tale of The Adoptive Daughter.". Reading of a young girl raised as an adopted daughter who throws herself at a much older man, my 21st Century mind thought about grooming. Also, it is an old man's fantasy. However, the episode when she died still made me cry.
I had no idea you were that Leonard's son. I remember reading his reviews and pieces in the NYT, and of course reading Heinlein myself. Your most recent piece on soy was extraordinarily good, a masterpiece. I mean it.
Wow, that is a crazy time loop
Is nice to have those kind of memories of your father. I'm a bit older than you and first read Time Enough in 1976. I was impressed with it at the time. It is the only scifi book which prompted me to cry. I recently reread it. It's funny how differently I responded to it today. Specifically, a large portion of the book consists of " The Tale of The Adoptive Daughter.". Reading of a young girl raised as an adopted daughter who throws herself at a much older man, my 21st Century mind thought about grooming. Also, it is an old man's fantasy. However, the episode when she died still made me cry.
This is lovely, Andrew.