On 9/28/2022 2:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Friday" By Robert A. Heinlein with introduction by Richard Chwedyk
>    https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/
>
> The second book of a rare two book science fiction series by Heinlein. I
> read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by
> Richard Chwedyk in 2021 and written by Heinlein in 1981.  I bought this
> copy new on Amazon, I also have a 1982 MMPB copy that I do not remember
> reading back then.
>
> The world of "Gulf" and "Friday" is way different from ours.  Many
> things are much more advanced yet the population of Earth is
> significantly reduced due to constant wars and diseases.  People can
> travel to the Moon and the stars using the beanstalks but travel locally
> using horses and carriages.  Plus ballistic travel between the
> continents from place to place in 30 minutes is common.  Anti-gravity
> devices are used but incredibly expensive.  And the USA has been broken
> up into several nation states along with Canada and others.  And there
> are several colonies in other star systems using huge FTL space ships,
> much like the old ocean liners that carried both humans and cargo.
>
> Friday Jones Baldwin is the biological daughter of the two secret agents
> who died at the end of "Gulf" on Luna preventing the immolation of
> Earth, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greene.  Of course, Friday's genes were
> significantly enhanced for intelligence, strength, speed, and disease
> resistance.  And plus some genes from Kettle Belly "Two Canes" Baldwin,
> her adopted father and her boss.  Due to to the common saying, "her
> mother was a test tube, her father was a sharp knife", Friday is an
> artificial person with almost no rights and not a human.  But nobody
> knows that Friday is an artificial person as Kettle Belly adopted her
> and created birth records for her.  Unless, she tells her secret.
>
> Friday is a combat ready courier and secret agent.  Her enhanced speed,
> strength, and training make her a formidable courier for moving valuable
> materials in the dangerous world that Heinlein has built.  She can kill
> without remorse and loves freely, way too freely.  In fact, Heinlein
> brought his concept of group marriages to "Friday" that he wrote about
> in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".  He even destroys a group marriage to
> show how easily they can break up also.
>
> As always, Heinlein dedicated this book to his friends and this book is
> dedicated to thirty-one strong ladies, including Roberta Pournelle,
> Judy-Lynn Del Rey, Ginny (his wife), Marilyn Niven, Joan De Vinge,
> Catherine Sprague de Camp, etc.
>     https://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/dedications.html
>
> Warning, both "Gulf" and "Friday" have very detailed torture scenes in
> them.  The descriptions are quite breathtaking.
>
> The Heinlein apologist, Hugo and Nebula award winning author Jo Walton
> says this about "Friday" in a 2009 review, "The worst book I love:
> Robert Heinlein’s Friday".  She complains that there is no plot but to
> me, the best plot is just life.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2009/06/14/the-worst-book-i-love-robert-heinleins-friday/
>
> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars (1,044 reviews)
>
> Lynn

Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
Adult book ?

Lynn

In article <ur6fq8$3klot$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 9/28/2022 2:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> "Friday" By Robert A. Heinlein with introduction by Richard Chwedyk
>>    https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/
>>
>> The second book of a rare two book science fiction series by Heinlein. I
>> read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by
>> Richard Chwedyk in 2021 and written by Heinlein in 1981.  I bought this
>> copy new on Amazon, I also have a 1982 MMPB copy that I do not remember
>> reading back then.
>>
>> The world of "Gulf" and "Friday" is way different from ours.  Many
>> things are much more advanced yet the population of Earth is
>> significantly reduced due to constant wars and diseases.  People can
>> travel to the Moon and the stars using the beanstalks but travel locally
>> using horses and carriages.  Plus ballistic travel between the
>> continents from place to place in 30 minutes is common.  Anti-gravity
>> devices are used but incredibly expensive.  And the USA has been broken
>> up into several nation states along with Canada and others.  And there
>> are several colonies in other star systems using huge FTL space ships,
>> much like the old ocean liners that carried both humans and cargo.
>>
>> Friday Jones Baldwin is the biological daughter of the two secret agents
>> who died at the end of "Gulf" on Luna preventing the immolation of
>> Earth, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greene.  Of course, Friday's genes were
>> significantly enhanced for intelligence, strength, speed, and disease
>> resistance.  And plus some genes from Kettle Belly "Two Canes" Baldwin,
>> her adopted father and her boss.  Due to to the common saying, "her
>> mother was a test tube, her father was a sharp knife", Friday is an
>> artificial person with almost no rights and not a human.  But nobody
>> knows that Friday is an artificial person as Kettle Belly adopted her
>> and created birth records for her.  Unless, she tells her secret.
>>
>> Friday is a combat ready courier and secret agent.  Her enhanced speed,
>> strength, and training make her a formidable courier for moving valuable
>> materials in the dangerous world that Heinlein has built.  She can kill
>> without remorse and loves freely, way too freely.  In fact, Heinlein
>> brought his concept of group marriages to "Friday" that he wrote about
>> in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".  He even destroys a group marriage to
>> show how easily they can break up also.
>>
>> As always, Heinlein dedicated this book to his friends and this book is
>> dedicated to thirty-one strong ladies, including Roberta Pournelle,
>> Judy-Lynn Del Rey, Ginny (his wife), Marilyn Niven, Joan De Vinge,
>> Catherine Sprague de Camp, etc.
>>     https://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/dedications.html
>>
>> Warning, both "Gulf" and "Friday" have very detailed torture scenes in
>> them.  The descriptions are quite breathtaking.
>>
>> The Heinlein apologist, Hugo and Nebula award winning author Jo Walton
>> says this about "Friday" in a 2009 review, "The worst book I love:
>> Robert Heinlein’s Friday".  She complains that there is no plot but to
>> me, the best plot is just life.
>>
>> https://www.tor.com/2009/06/14/the-worst-book-i-love-robert-heinleins-friday/
>>
>> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
>> Amazon rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars (1,044 reviews)
>>
>> Lynn
>
>Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
>Adult book ?
>

I would agree. Friday is learning to make her way, but as an adult,
not as an adolescent coming into maturity.
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On 22 Feb 2024 03:54:54 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:

>>Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
>>Adult book ?
>>
>
>I would agree. Friday is learning to make her way, but as an adult,
>not as an adolescent coming into maturity.

I can see it might be marketed that way but I agree by no reasonable
standard can it be called the 'young adult' genre.

On 2024-02-22, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2024 03:54:54 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
><tednolan>) wrote:
>
>>>Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
>>>Adult book ?
>>>
>>
>>I would agree. Friday is learning to make her way, but as an adult,
>>not as an adolescent coming into maturity.
>
> I can see it might be marketed that way but I agree by no reasonable
> standard can it be called the 'young adult' genre.

It's never been marketed that way, and it seems unlikely that it will.

The cover painting by Michael Whelan: https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/friday/
shows a model in a mostly unzipped jumpsuit, with remarkably phallic zipper
pull-tabs.

It contains a scattering of Heinleinian obsessions: polyamory, legal-financial
problems caused by mustache-twirling betrayal, cheap ground-to-orbit and
moderate expensive FTL, cruise ships, and evil taxes.

Also has an Internet run almost entirely as an integrated multimedia search engine.

-dsr-

In article <slrnutpis7.cn3.dsr-usenet@randomstring.org>,
-dsr- <dsr-usenet@randomstring.org> wrote:
>On 2024-02-22, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>> On 22 Feb 2024 03:54:54 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>><tednolan>) wrote:
>>
>>>>Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
>>>>Adult book ?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I would agree. Friday is learning to make her way, but as an adult,
>>>not as an adolescent coming into maturity.
>>
>> I can see it might be marketed that way but I agree by no reasonable
>> standard can it be called the 'young adult' genre.
>
>
>It's never been marketed that way, and it seems unlikely that it will.
>
>The cover painting by Michael Whelan:
>https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/friday/
>shows a model in a mostly unzipped jumpsuit, with remarkably phallic zipper
>pull-tabs.
>
>It contains a scattering of Heinleinian obsessions: polyamory, legal-financial
>problems caused by mustache-twirling betrayal, cheap ground-to-orbit and
>moderate expensive FTL, cruise ships, and evil taxes.
>
>Also has an Internet run almost entirely as an integrated multimedia
>search engine.
>
>-dsr-

The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
time of publication. Probably not so much now. (But I still don't think
_Friday_ would fit).
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On 26 Feb 2024 18:29:27 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:

>The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
>time of publication. Probably not so much now. (But I still don't think
>_Friday_ would fit).
>--
One wonders if that jump suit would either - certainly the cover on MY
copy (either long gone or in a box somewhere) but certainly not the
cover at
https://www.amazon.ca/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/ref=asc_df_1647100259/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459570889342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777652193581257372&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001576&hvtargid=pla-1079418750878&psc=1&mcid=31e7c9b3d64d3bf4879ffdd1969d7fcc
would certainly have been attractive to older male teenagers as I
recall...

On 3/4/2024 12:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2024 18:29:27 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
> <tednolan>) wrote:
>
>> The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
>> time of publication. Probably not so much now. (But I still don't think
>> _Friday_ would fit).
>> --
> One wonders if that jump suit would either - certainly the cover on MY
> copy (either long gone or in a box somewhere) but certainly not the
> cover at
> https://www.amazon.ca/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/ref=asc_df_1647100259/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459570889342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777652193581257372&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001576&hvtargid=pla-1079418750878&psc=1&mcid=31e7c9b3d64d3bf4879ffdd1969d7fcc
> would certainly have been attractive to older male teenagers as I
> recall...

My wife had a red one just like it when she was 23 in 1981. I liked the
zipper that I was not allowed to touch.
https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/

Lynn

On 3/4/2024 2:14 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 3/4/2024 12:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On 26 Feb 2024 18:29:27 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>
>>> The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
>>> time of publication.  Probably not so much now.  (But I still don't
>>> think
>>> _Friday_ would fit).
>>> --
>> One wonders if that jump suit would either - certainly the cover on MY
>> copy (either long gone or in a box somewhere) but certainly not the
>> cover at
>> https://www.amazon.ca/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/ref=asc_df_1647100259/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459570889342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777652193581257372&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001576&hvtargid=pla-1079418750878&psc=1&mcid=31e7c9b3d64d3bf4879ffdd1969d7fcc
>> would certainly have been attractive to older male teenagers as I
>> recall...
>
> My wife had a red one just like it when she was 23 in 1981.  I liked the
> zipper that I was not allowed to touch.
>    https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>
Because its position changed with her mood...

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dirty old man.

On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/

Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

In article <slrnuueh8s.1nn.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>
>Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>

I, for one, am very strongly inspired by Raquel Welch..
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>
>Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?

I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.
--scott

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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>>
>>Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>
>I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.

It was Farrah Fawcett in the 80's when _Friday_ was released.

In article <D5NFN.35950$hN14.24058@fx17.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>>Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>>On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>>>
>>>Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>>
>>I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.
>
>It was Farrah Fawcett in the 80's when _Friday_ was released.

I grant that she was very inspiring as well.
--scott
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> on Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:14:35
-0600 typed in rec.arts.sf.written the following:
>On 3/4/2024 12:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On 26 Feb 2024 18:29:27 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>
>>> The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
>>> time of publication. Probably not so much now. (But I still don't think
>>> _Friday_ would fit).
>>> --
>> One wonders if that jump suit would either - certainly the cover on MY
>> copy (either long gone or in a box somewhere) but certainly not the
>> cover at
>> https://www.amazon.ca/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/ref=asc_df_1647100259/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459570889342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777652193581257372&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001576&hvtargid=pla-1079418750878&psc=1&mcid=31e7c9b3d64d3bf4879ffdd1969d7fcc
>> would certainly have been attractive to older male teenagers as I
>> recall...
>
>My wife had a red one just like it when she was 23 in 1981. I liked the
>zipper that I was not allowed to touch.
> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>

Dad referred to Mom's as the "quick access suit".
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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> on Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:46:36 -0800
typed in rec.arts.sf.written the following:
>On 26 Feb 2024 18:29:27 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
><tednolan>) wrote:
>
>>The polyamory & sex in general would have been a YA deal-breaker at the
>>time of publication. Probably not so much now. (But I still don't think
>>_Friday_ would fit).
>>--
>One wonders if that jump suit would either - certainly the cover on MY
>copy (either long gone or in a box somewhere) but certainly not the
>cover at
>https://www.amazon.ca/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/ref=asc_df_1647100259/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459570889342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777652193581257372&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001576&hvtargid=pla-1079418750878&psc=1&mcid=31e7c9b3d64d3bf4879ffdd1969d7fcc
>would certainly have been attractive to older male teenagers as I
>recall...

And males older than teenage.
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On 2024-03-05, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:

>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>>>
>>>Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>>
>>I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.
>
> It was Farrah Fawcett in the 80's when _Friday_ was released.

That cover does not look like Farrah Fawcett.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

On 2/21/2024 10:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 9/28/2022 2:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> "Friday" By Robert A. Heinlein with introduction by Richard Chwedyk
>>     https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/
>>
>> The second book of a rare two book science fiction series by Heinlein.
>> I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by
>> Richard Chwedyk in 2021 and written by Heinlein in 1981.  I bought
>> this copy new on Amazon, I also have a 1982 MMPB copy that I do not
>> remember reading back then.
>>
>> The world of "Gulf" and "Friday" is way different from ours.  Many
>> things are much more advanced yet the population of Earth is
>> significantly reduced due to constant wars and diseases.  People can
>> travel to the Moon and the stars using the beanstalks but travel
>> locally using horses and carriages.  Plus ballistic travel between the
>> continents from place to place in 30 minutes is common.  Anti-gravity
>> devices are used but incredibly expensive.  And the USA has been
>> broken up into several nation states along with Canada and others.
>> And there are several colonies in other star systems using huge FTL
>> space ships, much like the old ocean liners that carried both humans
>> and cargo.
>>
>> Friday Jones Baldwin is the biological daughter of the two secret
>> agents who died at the end of "Gulf" on Luna preventing the immolation
>> of Earth, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greene.  Of course, Friday's genes were
>> significantly enhanced for intelligence, strength, speed, and disease
>> resistance.  And plus some genes from Kettle Belly "Two Canes"
>> Baldwin, her adopted father and her boss.  Due to to the common
>> saying, "her mother was a test tube, her father was a sharp knife",
>> Friday is an artificial person with almost no rights and not a human.
>> But nobody knows that Friday is an artificial person as Kettle Belly
>> adopted her and created birth records for her.  Unless, she tells her
>> secret.
>>
>> Friday is a combat ready courier and secret agent.  Her enhanced
>> speed, strength, and training make her a formidable courier for moving
>> valuable materials in the dangerous world that Heinlein has built.
>> She can kill without remorse and loves freely, way too freely.  In
>> fact, Heinlein brought his concept of group marriages to "Friday" that
>> he wrote about in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".  He even destroys a
>> group marriage to show how easily they can break up also.
>>
>> As always, Heinlein dedicated this book to his friends and this book
>> is dedicated to thirty-one strong ladies, including Roberta Pournelle,
>> Judy-Lynn Del Rey, Ginny (his wife), Marilyn Niven, Joan De Vinge,
>> Catherine Sprague de Camp, etc.
>>      https://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/dedications.html
>>
>> Warning, both "Gulf" and "Friday" have very detailed torture scenes in
>> them.  The descriptions are quite breathtaking.
>>
>> The Heinlein apologist, Hugo and Nebula award winning author Jo Walton
>> says this about "Friday" in a 2009 review, "The worst book I love:
>> Robert Heinlein’s Friday".  She complains that there is no plot but to
>> me, the best plot is just life.
>>
>> https://www.tor.com/2009/06/14/the-worst-book-i-love-robert-heinleins-friday/
>>
>> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
>> Amazon rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars (1,044 reviews)
>>
>> Lynn
>
> Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
> Adult book ?
>
> Lynn

Not a YA novel, at all. (That was a joke, right?)

_Friday_ was not rare. I was working in the bookstore trade in the 80s.
It sold many copies. Not rare at all.

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Kevrob <kjrobinson@mail.com> writes:
>On 2/21/2024 10:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 9/28/2022 2:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> "Friday" By Robert A. Heinlein with introduction by Richard Chwedyk
>>>     https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1647100259/
>>>
>>> The second book of a rare two book science fiction series by Heinlein.
>>> I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by
>>> Richard Chwedyk in 2021 and written by Heinlein in 1981.  I bought
>>> this copy new on Amazon, I also have a 1982 MMPB copy that I do not
>>> remember reading back then.

>> Am I right in thinking that "Friday" would be in no way labeled a Young
>> Adult book ?
>>
>> Lynn
>
>Not a YA novel, at all. (That was a joke, right?)
>
>_Friday_ was not rare. I was working in the bookstore trade in the 80s.
>It sold many copies. Not rare at all.

I believe 'rare' applied to "two-book series", not _Friday_ itself.

And I don't know that I'd consider _Gulf_ + _Friday_ as a two-book
series.

On 3/5/2024 5:34 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>>>
>>> Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>>
>> I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.
>
> It was Farrah Fawcett in the 80's when _Friday_ was released.
>

ObSF film: both of them in the wonderfully awful _Myra Breckinridge_.

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On 3/5/2024 5:34 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Heinlein-1983-07-12/dp/B01FEK9TIY/
>>>
>>> Is that (very strongly inspired by) Raquel Welch?
>>
>> I think that in that era, all young men were inspired by Raquel Welch.
>
> It was Farrah Fawcett in the 80's when _Friday_ was released.
>

Both in the film of _Myra Breckinridge_ .

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In article <4jqGN.121517$Vrtf.4527@fx39.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>And I don't know that I'd consider _Gulf_ + _Friday_ as a
>two-book series.

_Friday_ really cried out for a book between it and _Gulf_.
I just couldn't believe that the super-competent Baldwin
in _Gulf_ would have left his affairs in such a state of
disarray as he did in _Friday_. And what was the rift
between him and the organization in _Gulf_? Why was
the "think faster and more accurately" langage not
mentioned in _Friday_?

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