Comments on: Ray Bradbury's fan letter to Robert A Heinlein

By: max_robitzsch

max_robitzsch — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:35:00 +0000

Heinlein spoke to me when I was 18 too (20 years after Bradbury wrote that letter).

I grew up in a very left-wing family (liberal for you Americans ;-), and reading a centre-right / libertarian view of the world allowed me to question some of what I had grown up with.

I argued a lot with Heinlein in my head (and was thankful that I didn’t find out he was already dead by then – it wouldn’t have been the same). I still identify myself as a liberal, but a much more broadly-thinking one.

By: clothingoptional

clothingoptional — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:21:00 +0000

I wrote to William S. Burroughs when I was 18. He sent me a postcard. He said….

“Who am I? I am the cat who walks in the night and to me all supermarkets are alike.”

By: Larry Kuperman

Larry Kuperman — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:17:00 +0000

I wrote to Cory Doctorow and he wrote back. Which only encouraged me…

By: anansi133

anansi133 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:39:00 +0000

In fourth grade I wrote a letter to John Christopher, and he wrote me back. It felt amazing to get a personal reply from a celebrity, especially at that age!

When fandom doesn’t suck, it’s awesome.

By: herbieg

herbieg — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:41:00 +0000

Actual tears. So sweet.