baslim: RAH based a lot of his characters on real people. SGT Zim was based on a marine he met in Panama. His wife no doubt was Maureen Johnson (?) I wonder whom Nehemiah Scudder (the 1st prophet) was based on?
you can count me on the list of RAH fans. between Heinlein and Asimov, my love for science fiction (like Spider Robinson, I don’t like SciFi as a term) was born, and still lives on today.
RAH rocks. There is no substitute. Death is too good for the evil makers of Starship Trooper movies. Will have to try out John Varley, sounds promising.
Baslim, Long was an old hand at faking his own death.
Most authors base characters on real people. Trudeau’s best known example is Zonker’s Uncle Duke.
yyyguy, I prefer the older term scientifiction, but it’s too long for pop culture, & makes little sense ‘til you figure out the accent is on tif not fic.
Long had to fake his own death. Couldn’t figure out how it’d happen for real without more effort than faking would involve.
Sounds like Zinda Blake (Lady Blackhawk) {http://www.catskillcomics.com/Abrams/LadyBlackhawk.jpg} in the DC comics universe; she flew with the Blackhawks in WW2, but due to a time anamoly of some sort she’s here in the twenty-first century alive, well and still possessed of a fine pair of legs. (And very very rich - as the last surviving Blackhawk, she inherited the airline they created after the war).
She and Black Canary went bar-hopping one night, and when Zinda pulled out a (very good-quality) fake ID that said she was twenty-seven, Dina asked why she used a fake instead of her real ID.
And she answered that nobody questioned her when she showed ID that said she was twenty-seven … but if she whipped out a driver’s license that said she was almost ninety, nobody owuld believe it…
Did anyone read RAH’s book published in the 80’s? Expanded Universe? Great semi-biographical book. It sure explained a lot. For example he hated some of the pulp he was forced to churn out. I feel sad that he never reprised his Prophet series. Only two stories and some passing references.
@yyyguy, apparently the in phrase is “speculative fiction”, to cover both science fiction and fantasy. The argument seems to be that the word “speculative” is more accurate. For example, Ursula K. Le Guin writes generally of other societies than ours, and doesn’t focus on technology.
I used to tell myself I liked Heinlein, just was a bit uncomfortable with some of his ideas about women. This was just at the beginning of the sixties, when women who were unhappy about their status in society were isolated from each other, and hadn’t had a chance to talk to each other about this, and develop their ideas. Then one day a friend told me she thought he was just plain sexist, and gave me a long explanatory lecture. Since then I don’t have much use for him.
Oh the days of “Help Wanted - Male” and “Help Wanted - Female” in the classified ads, when I learned that the kind of job I was looking for was only going to be found in the first category, and I had better practise my excuses for applying at all! No, I don’t miss those days in the least!!
aardvarkseyes over 15 years ago
Covert oops.
margueritem over 15 years ago
LMAO!
yyyguy over 15 years ago
why does this strip remind me of colonel flagg on mash?
milano99 over 15 years ago
With that face, they should call him “Jeff RedFuzz”.
namenamename over 15 years ago
I see Jeff’s been “matured” in appearance, but it just makes him look like Doonesbury with a bad haircut and shades.
Potrzebie over 15 years ago
baslim: RAH based a lot of his characters on real people. SGT Zim was based on a marine he met in Panama. His wife no doubt was Maureen Johnson (?) I wonder whom Nehemiah Scudder (the 1st prophet) was based on?
Ushindi over 15 years ago
It’s good to see that RAH still has dedicated fans - I’m still waiting for Podkayne……
yyyguy over 15 years ago
you can count me on the list of RAH fans. between Heinlein and Asimov, my love for science fiction (like Spider Robinson, I don’t like SciFi as a term) was born, and still lives on today.
wsfn over 15 years ago
RAH rocks. There is no substitute. Death is too good for the evil makers of Starship Trooper movies. Will have to try out John Varley, sounds promising.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 15 years ago
Baslim, Long was an old hand at faking his own death.
Most authors base characters on real people. Trudeau’s best known example is Zonker’s Uncle Duke.
yyyguy, I prefer the older term scientifiction, but it’s too long for pop culture, & makes little sense ‘til you figure out the accent is on tif not fic.
phydeaux44 over 15 years ago
Another Heinlein fan here. Just recently finished re-reading both Job: A Comedy Of Justice and Grumbles From The Grave.
BlueRaven over 15 years ago
Long had to fake his own death. Couldn’t figure out how it’d happen for real without more effort than faking would involve.
fairportfan over 15 years ago
BlueRaven said
Long had to fake his own death. Couldn’t figure out how it’d happen for real without more effort than faking would involve.
Sounds like Zinda Blake (Lady Blackhawk) {http://www.catskillcomics.com/Abrams/LadyBlackhawk.jpg} in the DC comics universe; she flew with the Blackhawks in WW2, but due to a time anamoly of some sort she’s here in the twenty-first century alive, well and still possessed of a fine pair of legs. (And very very rich - as the last surviving Blackhawk, she inherited the airline they created after the war).
She and Black Canary went bar-hopping one night, and when Zinda pulled out a (very good-quality) fake ID that said she was twenty-seven, Dina asked why she used a fake instead of her real ID.
And she answered that nobody questioned her when she showed ID that said she was twenty-seven … but if she whipped out a driver’s license that said she was almost ninety, nobody owuld believe it…
At on
ironflange over 15 years ago
I feel kind of sorry for Jeff. He sure isn’t anywhere near as big a cog as he thinks he is.
Potrzebie over 15 years ago
Did anyone read RAH’s book published in the 80’s? Expanded Universe? Great semi-biographical book. It sure explained a lot. For example he hated some of the pulp he was forced to churn out. I feel sad that he never reprised his Prophet series. Only two stories and some passing references.
RinaFarina over 15 years ago
@yyyguy, apparently the in phrase is “speculative fiction”, to cover both science fiction and fantasy. The argument seems to be that the word “speculative” is more accurate. For example, Ursula K. Le Guin writes generally of other societies than ours, and doesn’t focus on technology.
I used to tell myself I liked Heinlein, just was a bit uncomfortable with some of his ideas about women. This was just at the beginning of the sixties, when women who were unhappy about their status in society were isolated from each other, and hadn’t had a chance to talk to each other about this, and develop their ideas. Then one day a friend told me she thought he was just plain sexist, and gave me a long explanatory lecture. Since then I don’t have much use for him.
Oh the days of “Help Wanted - Male” and “Help Wanted - Female” in the classified ads, when I learned that the kind of job I was looking for was only going to be found in the first category, and I had better practise my excuses for applying at all! No, I don’t miss those days in the least!!