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Exactly. Personally I'm a fan of both Card and Heinlein. I don't mind preachy or "racist" in my sci-fi (Sixth Column is way, way worse than any subtle mention of race in Ender's Shadow); I guess I just like the old-school style. Card has his thing about... well, whatever preachy message you get from him, and Heinlein has his thing about sex and pregnant women and chauvinism, but they are both still excellent writers. (Except Card is still alive.)