Robert A. Heinlein

Hugo Award Winner

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is widely acknowledged to be the most important and influential American science fiction author of the twentieth century. He won science fiction’s Hugo Award for Best Novel four times, and in addition, three of his novels were given Retrospective Hugos fifty years after publication. He won Science Fiction Writers of America’s first Grand Master Award for his lifetime achievement.

Born in Butler, Missouri, Heinlein graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the navy for five years. He started writing to help pay off his mortgage, and his first story was published in Astounding Science-Fiction magazine in 1939. In 1947, he published a story in The Saturday Evening Post, making him the first science-fiction writer to break into the mainstream market. Long involved in politics, Heinlein was deeply affected by events such as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Cold War, and his fiction tended to convey strong social and political messages. His many influential novels include Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and Time Enough for Love.

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Requiem

Robert A. Heinlein; Edited by Yoji Kondo
Tor Books

Requiem is a compelling celebration of Robert A. Heinlein and his vision, containing many rare, uncollected works by the Grand Master of science fiction,...

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Variable Star

Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
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A never-before-published masterpiece from science fiction’s greatest writer, rediscovered after more than half a century. When Joel Johnston first met Jinny...

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Time for the Stars

Robert A. Heinlein
Orb Books

Travel to other planets is a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity to find habitable worlds is growing ever more...

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Space Cadet

Robert A. Heinlein
Orb Books

This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-military organization of leaders dedicated to preserving human...

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Our Noble, Essential Decency

Robert A. Heinlein; read by the author; Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.
Macmillan Audio

An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies and core values of a fascinating group of Americans

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Glory Road

Robert A. Heinlein
Orb Books

E. C. "Scar" Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia , but he hadn't given up his habit of scanning the Personals...

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The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein
Tor Books

Robert A. Heinlein, the dean of American SF writers, also wrote fantasy fiction throughout his long career, but especially in the early 1940s. The Golden Age...

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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein
Orb Books

Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. Delany notes, "modern critics...

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