re: I spent a while today reading a bunch of Jo Walton's reviews on tor.com. This included a bunch of Heinlein; she's a fan.
@anthracite Yeah, I had the realization that as he continues to write in a setting the probability of the appearance of something statutory with a minor approaches 1.... I haven't read a book by him since. He even did it in Xanth. Never again.
I do still think of some of his writing quirks as lessons in how to do or not do things, though.