On Fri, 3 May 2002 11:36:18 -0700 (PDT) "C. Richard Davies" <masefield_k@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Nice exorcism. Raye would be proud of her. <blinks> Y'know, I'm curious to
see what the Raye-analogue in this ficton is like. If it's a
Heinlein-inspired world, someone as religious as Raye might be considered
quite the looney. (Or at least a weak-willed fool...) Or are you taking the
"Job" tack with her?
It's not *totally* Heinlein-inspired ...
RAH didn't always write religous people as dishonest or incompetent. There
were several good and competent ones in his stories, Off the top of my
head, there are some in _Sixth Column_ and Mannie's senior husband was good
enough to manage a very sensitive project in _The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress_
as well as being the preacher in a fairly odd sect. Raye can be just fine
and still be true to Heinlein's style.