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Originally Posted by csb
Yes, Heinlen's stories did get a bit weird in parts, which was not to my liking, but once started they were hard to put down.
Now Arthur C Clarke could put hard science into a fantastic story and his visions of far-future technologies were so very believable.
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I remember reading somewhere where Clarke's very early stories involving man-made things that orbited the planet, which in turn enabled easy communication around the whole planet - were supposed to have inspired a very young Rupert Murdoch to fame and fortune.
Regards,
Renato