From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 04:52:39 MDT
Damien,
Forgive me please if I get off base as it has been 20 years since I
read Franklin. As I understood the essence of Franklin's method it was to
use Heinlein as a vehicle to present his own Marxist views. Further I had
understood that the selection of Heinlein was somewhat random and that
Franklin could have as easily chosen Faulkner -- for whatever reason Faulkner
was the first novelist I thought of.
If my premise is correct then I suppose it was inevitable that as both
Franklin and Heinlein were male homo sapiens there would eventually be some
point of contact between what they were thinking. Consequently I didn't
regard it as remarkable that Franklin had several things to say that shed
light on Heinlein or the United States or mud puppies for that matter.
Marxists do remark on a wide variety of subjects.
My final opinion was that Franklin had several things of interest to
say but that they were neither sufficient in depth nor in number to make
wading through his reasonably short book worthwhile.
But as one of my favorite radio announcers used to say, "Do you know
why they make chocolate ice cream? Because not everyone likes vanilla." So
I suppose some folks would like Franklin.
Ron h
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