Alan Anderson ) wrote:
: "Mike Schilling" wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: My bad. I just checked the wiki website about the story. I could have
: sworn in the film both parents died, but I'll have to check that in the
: film next time I see it.

: Think about it. Rico's dad could hardly have served under him if he
: were dead, could he?
:
: You realize that's negative evidence; whatever happened in the film is the
: least likely thing to be in the book.

: Oh, right. I had forgotten that I heard it was a travesty. I haven't
: seen the movie, and probably won't until it shows up on late-night TV.
: As a measure of how badly the story was mangled, how much energy do you
: think one could extract from the angular momentum of Heinlein's corpse?

Depends on just how much 'Rumblings from the Grave' he emits...

Got ya! Thanks for spinning that straight line.

Eric