What were you THINKING?

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I do see one of our posters has started a “books read as a youth” (10-20) thread, and think moving the Heinlein/Changing standards discussion there would be appropriate.

What books I read as a kid should I revisit?

Primarily inspired by the discussion in the “what were you THINKING?” pit thread, I wondered if I should read Heinlen as an adult. I read most of his stuff as a kid, but have never gone back to it. Which got me thinking about all of the other stuff I loved as a kid, but never went back to. I know we’ve had a few did/didn’t hold up type threads, but maybe there’s room for another. To put things in context, “as a kid” to me is from about 10 to 20, which is the 1980s, and as an adult is about the…