Man, I haven't flung a book across the room in forever!

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A. E. van Vogt's The Changeling is almost like a parody of sexism, except for the part where it's not!

Everybody who feels like criticising Heinlein for that should probably breeze through the first 20 pages or so of this thing to see what some contemporaries were writing. Or just, I dunno, punch yourself in the face a few times. Either would work.

I mean, damn.

(Caviat: I could only read 20 pages. Then I managed to skim about 20 more before t3h fl1ng. Maybe it was sekrit parody. But I'm pretty sure not.)

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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You know, that doesn't sound like any Heinlein book that I can think of. Funny thing is, some of his female protagonists were pretty strong people who's concern in life was to get ahead and be all they could be etc.

I find it really hard to accuse him of sexism.