Confluence

I am currently reading both Persuasion and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, depending on where I am when I want to read a bit.  This conjunction is more than a bit odd.  I want to sit Austen down and tell her to show, not tell, and I want to smack Heinlein with a trout for considering the female gender an alien species (which is an intermittent problem with him).  I think the borderline pedophilia bothers me more, though. 

Despite never having read either book, I feel I can confidently predict the outcome of both.  That has more to do with the style than the plotlines. 

Confluence

I am currently reading both Persuasion and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, depending on where I am when I want to read a bit.  This conjunction is more than a bit odd.  I want to sit Austen down and tell her to show, not tell, and I want to smack Heinlein with a trout for considering the female gender an alien species (which is an intermittent problem with him).  I think the borderline pedophilia bothers me more, though. 

Despite never having read either book, I feel I can confidently predict the outcome of both.  That has more to do with the style than the plotlines.