Heinlein Fans: Nice tribute from my favorite WebComic (and one of the oldest).

Cafe Society
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http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070718

This is a very funny comic strip and the entire archive is available to read through.

J.D. “Illiad” Frazer is a techie and a fan of Bloom County for those wondering about his humor.

Jim

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Great strip and a nice tribute.

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Another good Heinlein reference today. I wonder if **Lissener ** would ever read UserFriendly. :wink:

Jim

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I like “Userfriendly” very much. I like their roasting of the RIAA especially. And yes, very nice tributes this week.

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SPLORT!

That was funny.

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I have only read a couple of Heinlein books and I know nothing about the man other than that he wrote books and is considered a great author.

That being said. Could someone please explain the joke to me.

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The joke in the OP, because Heinlen’s books were heavy on the phrase “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” (which he often abbreviated as TANSTAAFL). So the way to celebrate Heinlen would be to get a free lunch.

The joke in the second one is that the Starship Troopers movie is generally considered a terrible adaptation of the book.

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Recently there was a Heinlein Centennial convention in Kansas City.

A first-person account.

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Those were funny!

Back when RAH died I was in Michigan, and I still have the Lansing paper, and the Detroit paper, that carried articles about his life and death.