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starroute

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Wed Aug-06-03 04:34 PM
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28. Virginia Heinlein died a few months back

So presumably she authorized the Starship Troopers movie.

Let's try Google . . . Ah, here's something:

> Virginia Heinlein agreed to a different script, and was shafted. She told
> the SF community that she came close to suing the studio until it was made
> clear that she would lose. She appeared on screen at a WorldCon and
> apologized to the assembled fans for not handling the property better..
> then set off a near riot by casully mentioning that the same mistakes will
> not be made with the "Stranger in a Strange Land" movie...

http://lists.travellerrpg.com/pipermail/tml/2002-July/158678.html

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