On Jul 11, 2005, at 8:11 PM, Scott Crain wrote: > --- Ike Porter <ike at manor.org> wrote: > >> --Brother Ike >> One of the few members of the Cowboy Feng's fan club >> > > Cowboy Feng's -was- good. His entire society seemed > to me to be very ... Heinleinien, in that the measure > of a person wasn't whether or not they were popular > (Feng wasn't), but whether or not they got the job > done -- 'Do the Job' being an apparently traditional > farewell. > > I -liked- CFSB&G. I liked it a -lot-. But then, I'm > also someone who counts Heinlein in my top five author > list, along with Bujold, Billy S., David Drake, and > SKZB. One of my measures is consistent quality, and > in my opinion ... > I read it on my way to Taiwan; it was one of the few fantasy books in stock in the airport newsstand. It was actually an okay read, not Steve at his best, but a good way to pass some of the time on a 15 hour flight.