See the above link for the haunting opening and closing sentences of this story.
See The Oneness Of Time for a rare connection in sf between a future history and prehistory.
See Port Nevada for a summary of Poul Anderson's vivid description of the spaceport on this future Earth.
These are the main aspects of this story that I would have wanted to post about this time and a search of the blog reveals that I have already posted about them in far more detail than I would have felt able to now.
The coming week and a day will present some real life obstacles to blogging but maybe we need a break anyway? Other reading continues. I agree with Sean's recent comment that even pre-"off the rails" Heinlein is not necessarily that good to read. However, I continue to find his The Door Into Summer interesting and will say more about it when time allows.
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Kaor, Paul!
I should perhaps have mentioned that I do recall some pre-STRANGER works of Heinlein favorably, such as SIXTH COLUMN and DOUBLE STAR. If I reread these stories, I hope my memories of them will be vindicated.
Ad astra! Sean
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