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<p>Of all the Land Across interpretations I have read so far, this
is the most immediately useful. Handy, even.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/2020 7:57 AM, Norwood,
Frederick Hudson wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Heinlein parallels/satires in The Land Across: Grafton is
Heinlein’s classic “man who learns better” turned inside
out. What Grafton learns is what Heinlein “learned” in his
long career. Heinlein, like Grafton, starts out as a
liberal, (who like Heinlein, loves travel) and “learns” to
love a military dictatorship, with a mysterious Hitler-like
dictator serving as Heinlein’s “grand old man”.<br>
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Rick Norwood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
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Urth [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:urth-bounces@lists.urth.net">mailto:urth-bounces@lists.urth.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Hoy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 27, 2020 4:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Urth Mailing List <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net"><urth@lists.urth.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: (urth) [EXTERNAL] Re: Heinlein's
Universe and The Long Sun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Appreciating the Heinlein connections
noted by Gem and Gerry; a reminder that RAH is still
relevant in the 21st century, as Christopher Nuttall might
put it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The interesting bit about the<span
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belt roads of Heinlein's The Roads Must Roll is that it
has a precedent, and a much better fit with TLA, in
H.G.Wells' When the Sleeper Awakens (1899). Wells' title
recalls a noticeable sentence in TLA Chapter One "Now it
seems to me that I must have been asleep a long time
before I got into bed" followed by several "awakenings"
throughout TLA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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that Wells and Wolfe each relate the struggle of a
potential ruler of a dystopian society who gets caught
up in a struggle between opposing factions. I don't
think the parallels go much beyond this. It's a lot like
Wolfe's choice of Baskin-Robbins as an allusion to
Andromeda (Messier-31 Flavors) in An Evil Guest, or the
allusion to Boris Badenov in a conversation at a cafe in
TLA, "I don't trust that conductor. Why is he so short?"
to draw attention to Papa Zenon's lack of stature.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aramini's
Black-Red-White trichotomy helps us think about a lot of
TLA's mysteries, although I suspect there is a lot of
cloning going on along with the imprinting of
personalities. Imprinting is found in Home Fires, TLA, A
Borrowed Man. There's cloning/imprinting of some sort in
A Borrowed Man, and I think something similar is
happening in The Land Across. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Stephen <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:21 AM
Norwood, Frederick Hudson <<a
href="mailto:NORWOODR@mail.etsu.edu" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">NORWOODR@mail.etsu.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Another
Wolfe novel, The Land Across, is, I think strongly
influenced by Heinlein, and essentially a satire
of Heinlein. This is just my opinion, I’ve never
heard anyone else say this. But the Rolling Roads
early in the novel, which play no other part in
the plot, I take as a hint.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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