robert heinlein

Robert Heinlein wrote a number of SF novels for a younger audience, mostly for publishers Charles Scribner's Sons, between the 50s and the 70s. Action-packed and written with great verve and maturity, they are possibly the finest body of juvenile work in the speculative genre, along with Andre...

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Okay, in my "hi" thread, knivesout said that he feels Heinlein's politics are problematic and that he seems to espouse two completely different views in Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers. (I tried to copy and paste, but it wouldn't let me, something about editing mozilla config...

How did Robert A. Heinlein influence modern literature? The modern world? Let's see what you guys have to say. To start, I'll mention an amusing thing that came up. I once read a short story where an aging, influential Senator I cannot remember the name of who was known for opposing the Space...

I see from Amazon(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340837934/qid=1106916421/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_2_3/026-8698878-8718843), that Starship Troopers is being republished... Does anyone know if this is the original, the film novel or a combination of the two??? Or something completely different...

Series: Heinlein's Future History Methuselah's Children(1941) The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) The Green Hills of Earth (1951) Revolt in 2100 (1953) Orphans of the Sky (1963) The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) Time Enough for Love:The Lives of Lazarus Long (1973) Novels: Sixth Column...

Revolt in 2100 This actually contains a novella, a short story and an essay. The novella and story are loosely related, but the essay is obviously a filler. If This Goes On... The year is 2100, America is ruled by a corrupt and despotic religious dictator. He maintains power through clever...

Starship Troopers is often called a controversial novel. Originally written as a juvenile novel, it was deemed too violent for youngsters and released as a general reading book instead. The story itself, such as it is, follows the passage of one Juan Rico from a raw recruit, who has signed up...

I'll start a list of books to choose from. :) Starship Troopers Stranger in a Strange Land The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Glory Road ... Am I getting close? :)

How succesful were Heinlein's political visions? More to the point - does his politics repulse or attract, or are they simply story constructs to be taken that way? Was he hopelessly too right-wing or too left-wing (according to your position)? How successful did he deal with his politics?

How well does Heinlein actually write women characters? When my girlfriend read Strange in a Strange Land she couldn;t be bothered to finish the book because the gender stereotypes bugged her that much. However, I've read complaints that, in Number of the Beast, and the Cat That Walked...

Unpublished Heinein novel discovered The never-published manuscript for science fiction legend Robert Heinlein’s first novel FOR US, THE LIVING was found in a Seattle garage by Heinlein scholar Robert James not too long ago, and issued recently by Scribner. The NY Times notes admiringly...

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress film adaptation It seems that Buffy/Angel/Firefly/Wonderfalls' Tim Minear is working on a screenplay adaptation of my favourite Heinlein book. From www.scifi.com/scifiwire: Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of Heinlein's works that manages to balance Heinlein's...

I will Fear no Evil Well, what really drew me to grab this book was actually the pretty cover! Theres an orange background and a woman covered in blue and white... very pretty. But I started reading it and its pretty good! Really weird, like most of Heinlein's stuff (but that's why I read...

For Us, the Living A New, Old book... Robert A. Heinlein's first novel "For Us, the Living", was never published, and the original manuscript destroyed. It was thought that all other copies were lost or destroyed, and that none now remained. However, there are now rumours that it has been...

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls The worst Heimlein book I've read. It was an endless chase story where the central character and narrator of the book, was absolutely irrelevant. The main character was a middle aged ex soldier that many different groups were trying to either kill, or save. The...

Has anyone read Robert A. Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange land'?? I have just finished it and I think it's fantastic!! Heinlein is a most excellent writer, and Mike just the best Man from Mars in a long run. One of those books that you can discuss for nights on end.

"Grokker" - great name for a search engine or what? from slashdot.org Hehe, I thought that was a FANTASTIC name for a search engine, wish I'd thought of it.

Glory Road It started with a personal add in the Tribune: Permanent employment, high pay, adventure, danger... apply in person. Gordon got the job and is catapulted into a new universe of intergalactic chivalry and knight errantry. His task to recover the Egg of the Phoenix, the key to the...

Farnhams Freehold Starting from the backdrop of the great panic that gripped the US around the Cuban Missile Crisis the book follows the activities of the Farnham family, when the unthinkable happens and the nuclear missiles fall in one massive blitz. Of course as this is Heinlein it is...