R.A.H. is simply the greatest speculative fiction writer of all time, with characters so invitingly human, and such accurate science, that he is indeed deserving of the title "Founding Father of Modern Science Fiction", in my opinion. Re-reading his works is mandatory; memorizing quotes is perfunctory. "There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. the only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick." Robert A. Heinlein