From: Gary Williams Date: 2007-03-14T06:20:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Coventry (Was GUI With Ruby) Coventry is a short story, not a book. "Coventry" by Robert A. Heinlein Originally published in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, July 1940, collected in Revolt In 2100 (1953), and The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) Revolt in 2100 & Methuselah's Children Includes "Coventry," "If This Goes On," "Misfit" and the novel "Methuselah's Children," and is currently in print. Sorry for the brief digression... Gary Williams On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:15:46AM +0900, Martin DeMello wrote: > On 3/14/07, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > >Heh. I'm not an anarchist -- haven't been since shortly after high > >school, when I came to some conclusions about power vacuums, and > > I've often thought that Heinlein's "Coventry", which deals with this > topic, ought to be required reading somewhere in a child's school > career. I'm a huge fan of Heinlein, but I haven't read that one. I'll take this as a recommendation, and hunt through used book stores for it at some point in the near future. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production." - MacUser, November 1990