Have+Space-Suit+Will+Travel+Questions+and+Discussion

Study Questions:
This page is on Have Space-Suit Will Travel. Just put what you liked and what you did not like below.-Sage

I've read a lot of books some of them good some of them not so good, I mostly read fantasy and not Sci-Fi but I have to admit this is quite good. I really liked the speed of light equations and other stuff like that quite cool. It was written well, a little weird but good.-Sage

1) Have you read anything else by Robert A. Heinlein ("juveniles" or others), and how does this compare? I haven't read anything by Heinlein before this. -Casey No I don't normally like sci-fi I mainly read fantasy-Sage 2) The book was published a little more than 50 years ago. What would have to change if it were written today? probably. I don't know much about space but with new technology, it could be written differently now.-Casey Writers would probably make the technology more other worldly because we have caught up tech wise - Sage 3) Who is "the new Heinlein"? Don't know.-Casey

4) Scientific ideas and gadgets in science fiction are either completely speculative (contrary to current scientific theory) or extrapolative (based on current scientific theory or practice, but extended beyond present-day reality). Into which category does the discussion of scientific material in //Have Space Suit—Will Travel// belong? Are you kidding? I don't know this stuff! I'm only an innocent child! I defy you! HA! HA! HA! -sincerely anonymous

5) Why do you think Heinlein's editors objected to the last scene of the novel, in which Kip throws a malt into Ace Quigley's face? Why do you think Heinlein left the passage intact? Wait What do you mean???-Sage Lord Of All ???????