Despite the fact that I've never met the man, and probably never will, Bob has been a great friend to me. I've received enjoyment from his books, I've taken comfort from his ideas and I've spent many hours pondering his philosophy. Now my friend is in need, so I sent him some cash. Perhaps it wasn't much, but it is an amount I know I can afford and since I'm not the only one who counts him as a friend, it'll be multiplied many times over.
Could my donation have done more good if given to a charity? Perhaps so. But I've made donations to Greenpeace, Amnesty International, The St. Vincent DePaul Society, Second Harvest Food bank and others in the past, and I'll continue making such donations.
Ultimately, though, even if I had made no other charitable donations in my life, I'd probably still have donated to help Bob, just because I value what the man has given me and the world. It's worth it to brown bag it for a few days to be able to help Bob out in this small way. If anyone doesn't like that, tough. They have no say in how I dispense my charitable contributions. I wouldn't try to persuade them to donate to Bob against their wishes, so why should they try to persuade anyone not to donate? That so many have tried to do so strikes me as small minded and mean spirited on their part.
>Really just a hodge podge of shorts stories and other material never published before, and quite frankly
>not very good IMHO.
Um, not so much. Grumbles from the Grave was Heinlein's own compilation of his correspondence, much of it with his agent Lurton Blassingame. Virginia Heinlein provided commentary. It was assembled and edited before his death. His expressed intent in so doing was to provide Ginny with income continuance after his death.
I quite enjoyed it, providing as it did a peek at RAH's working habits, his private life, travel, etc.
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Despite the fact that I've never met the man, and probably never will, Bob has been a great friend to me. I've received enjoyment from his books, I've taken comfort from his ideas and I've spent many hours pondering his philosophy. Now my friend is in need, so I sent him some cash. Perhaps it wasn't much, but it is an amount I know I can afford and since I'm not the only one who counts him as a friend, it'll be multiplied many times over.
Could my donation have done more good if given to a charity? Perhaps so. But I've made donations to Greenpeace, Amnesty International, The St. Vincent DePaul Society, Second Harvest Food bank and others in the past, and I'll continue making such donations.
Ultimately, though, even if I had made no other charitable donations in my life, I'd probably still have donated to help Bob, just because I value what the man has given me and the world. It's worth it to brown bag it for a few days to be able to help Bob out in this small way. If anyone doesn't like that, tough. They have no say in how I dispense my charitable contributions. I wouldn't try to persuade them to donate to Bob against their wishes, so why should they try to persuade anyone not to donate? That so many have tried to do so strikes me as small minded and mean spirited on their part.
>Really just a hodge podge of shorts stories and other material never published before, and quite frankly >not very good IMHO. Um, not so much. Grumbles from the Grave was Heinlein's own compilation of his correspondence, much of it with his agent Lurton Blassingame. Virginia Heinlein provided commentary. It was assembled and edited before his death. His expressed intent in so doing was to provide Ginny with income continuance after his death. I quite enjoyed it, providing as it did a peek at RAH's working habits, his private life, travel, etc.