On May 13, 4:31=A0pm, "jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 13, 1:42 am, the Omrud <usenet.om...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Dan Leifker wrote:
> > > the Omrud wrote:
> > >> Was it Heinlein who wrote of a society where you could volunteer
for
> > >> the punishment for any specific crime, after which you had a credit
> > >> for that crime and could commit it when you wanted? =A0The
punishment=
> > >> for murder was so severe (something like 20 years on a harsh mining
> > >> planet where most prisoners died during the sentence) that only one
> > >> person ever went through the voluntary sentence. =A0 He was then
grea=
tly
> > >> feared because he had the right to murder one person without
further
> > >> punishment.
>
> I've read that in the old days here in northern New Mexico,
> schoolchildren got tokens for meritorious actions, including things
> like perfect attendance, which they could cash in to avoid later
> punishments (beatings).
>
> > > Obviously a dated story... had it been written more recently, I'm
sure=
> > > the greatly feared person would have sold his credit on eBay and
clean=
ed
> > > up.
>
> > > Did Heinlein also write that absurd story of the malicious aliens
who
> > > secretly camped in orbit around a planet and each day skimmed off
the
> > > memories of all the inhabitants? =A0The civilization on that planet
ha=
d
> > > engineered this fantastically ***bersome method of recording each
day'=
s
> > > work (probably written with quills in ledgers) so it could be
relearne=
d
>
> > I don't remember that one, but then ... ... I wouldn't, would I?
>
> See Gene Wolfe's "Soldier" books for a less absurd version.
>
> I'll be surprised if either of those above is by Heinlein, but maybe
> someone at rasfw (now included) will surprise me.
Neither one is by Heinlein as described.
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Will in New Haven
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