
516. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Book Club (with Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, Robby Soave)
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
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Abet Habert Roby - Is There a Sexism in the Book?
Abet habert roby: I think that's actually a really interesting point, right? And usually that every mans character is different than the computer engineer character. But there, ye, there kind of relapsed here that is interesting. Heinland wants him to be like a sort of blue collar every man type personit like the kind of ageryman who would be in a whistling at the petty lady who walks by while he's on lunch breake at the construction sit. Now, he's a computer engineer in the future, but it's like almost that kind of cultural thing, is how the whole story is being filtered through.
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