Ooooo, I see there is a dark streak in you. (grin) Remind me never to preach at you. With regards to Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", the follow-on books sounded preachy, too. So, I know of what you speak. To some extent, the second and third book in the Dune trilogy got a bit preachy. Both dwelled a lot on religion. As long as confessions of youth are in order, I'll have to 'fess up about reading most of the Gor series from John Norman. If you're at all familiar with it (AND willing to admit to it), you'll recall MORE preaching. I swear the guy was trying to brain wash me about every 10 pages!