: When academic bunfighting meets NERD RAGE we all win.
The first volume of William H. Patterson's biography of Robert Heinlein is released today, but the scuffle over it is already a week old.
This is approximately the millionth Heinlein biography to hit the shelves, so perhaps it is a bit difficult to see why it matters, but this underestimates the devotion of Heinlein nerds. Jo Walton, (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif)
papersky) published a review on Tor.com, in which although she says some nice things, she concludes:
( OR IS IT? )
The first volume of William H. Patterson's biography of Robert Heinlein is released today, but the scuffle over it is already a week old.
This is approximately the millionth Heinlein biography to hit the shelves, so perhaps it is a bit difficult to see why it matters, but this underestimates the devotion of Heinlein nerds. Jo Walton, (
papersky) published a review on Tor.com, in which although she says some nice things, she concludes:Patterson’s biography is also riddled with tiny insignificant errors of the kind that make me lose trust. [...] If I can’t trust Patterson on details that I know backwards and forwards and inside out, how can I trust him on matters that are new to me?A reasonable doubt!
( OR IS IT? )