Re: (Worst) Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein

In article <v7p2g7$1bk11$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 23/07/2024 08.04, James Nicoll wrote:

Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein
 
Can atomic Commiegeddon and the end of the world distract comely young
Barbara from the allure of irresistibly middle-aged Hugh Farnham's
interminable lectures? And what of the Race Question?
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/sic-transit-gloria-mundi

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With respect to _Tunnel in the Sky_ (no, I won't use the initialism),
Rod Walker describes one gal as having Zulu ancestry, and at a
different point, looking a lot like his sister.
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(This is from memory; I haven't read it since 2006.)
>

That could might mean Rod and his sister are black but it might not.

However, TitS does have interacial marriage out the wazoo, which was
pretty unusual for a kids book in the 1950s.

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