On the other hand, Heinlein is the master of the ‘throwaway.’
There’s an exchange in ‘Space Cadet.’ The youngsters are looking at an early rocket, the “Kilroy Was Here.” Someone asks who Kilroy was and the hero confidently answers “WW2 Admiral. ‘Bull’ Kilroy.” In “The Moon…” the hero says that Dr. Watson wrote the Holmes stories before founding IBM…
Heinlein squeezed a lot of juice out of that orange.
On the other hand, Heinlein is the master of the ‘throwaway.’
There’s an exchange in ‘Space Cadet.’ The youngsters are looking at an early rocket, the “Kilroy Was Here.” Someone asks who Kilroy was and the hero confidently answers “WW2 Admiral. ‘Bull’ Kilroy.” In “The Moon…” the hero says that Dr. Watson wrote the Holmes stories before founding IBM…