Re: Oldest SF not necessarily most dated?

In article <tcdo24li0m0412gtsbfosg3ftm92mg3i4g@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Bill Snyder  <bsnyder@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 May 2008 05:27:08 -0700 (PDT), ilya2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>>> And the airliner on which he flies from his Pacific Island home to the
>>> Massachusetts boarding school is propeller-driven.
>>>
>>> The fact that the 15yo ends the book in glum anticipation of a
>>> spanking might also be considered "dated".by some people.
>>
>>In some of today's fiction a 15 year old might look toward spanking
>>with *excitement*... ;)
>
>Heinlein is still alive?

	One of John C. Wright's novels spends a lot of time on Spankology
as it applies to the superpowered busty 14-year-old teen problem.
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defending the English language [...]" T-****rt, cup and tote-bag needs)