Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 14: They

03/03/2023 25 min Episodio 829
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 14: They

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Episode Synopsis

In "They", published in 1941, Robert A. Heinlein takes on issues I am more used to talking about in my series on Philip K. Dick: conspiracy, shifting realities, and paranoia. Mostly, I take on the question of the utility of conspiracy theories and express my distaste for the solipsism of the extremely based. But I cannot not recommend this story to Heinlein readers. It has its value.

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