{"id":1182,"date":"2015-01-05T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2017-08-29T19:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:15:25","slug":"heinlein-at-the-cocteau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2015\/01\/05\/heinlein-at-the-cocteau\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinlein at the Cocteau"},"content":{"rendered":"

They used to call Robert A. Heinlein "the Dean of Science Fiction."  For writers and readers of my geneation, and those before, Heinlein was a towering figure, the most important and i<\/category>uential of the 'Big Three' of the Golden Age.<\/p>\n

The first SF book I ever read was Heinlein's classic juvenile, HAVE SPACE SUIT, WILL TRAVEL.   It made me a SF reader for life.  For decades thereafter, RAH was my favorite writer.  He was the first writer to win the 'Big One' — the Hugo Award for best novel — four times.  (A record later equalled, but still never surpassed).   But like many of his contemporaries, Heinlein did some of his best work at shorter lengths.<\/p>\n

"All You Zombies" is one of those classic short stories.   Like time travel yarns?  Time paradoxes?   "All You Zombies" was… is… will remain THE <\/i><\/b>last word on all those subjects.  And now, improbably, it has been made into a movie.<\/p>\n

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PREDESTINATION opens this week at the Jean Cocteau.  I haven't seen it, but those who have (friends from Australia, where the film opened last summer) tell me that it's 1) quite good, and 2) quite faithful to the Heinlein story.<\/p>\n

Must admit, I don't much like the title.  I can see why they changed it — "All You Zombies" would have had people thinking it was a George Romero picture or a WALKING DEAD ripoff, when actually the use of 'zombie' is entirely metaphorical — but I wish they would have changed it to something a bit catchier.<\/p>\n

But a rose by any other name… I am looking forward to this one.  If you're a Heinlein fan, or a time travel fan, don't miss it.<\/p>\n

See you at the movies.<\/p>\n

(No spoilers in the comments, please). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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