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The Heinlein Society is a United States organization devoted to the study and promotion of the American science fiction author Robert Heinlein. The Heinlein Society was founded in 2000 with the assistance of Robert Heinlein's widow, Virginia Heinlein , after a suggestion by William Patterson at WesterCon in 1998 met with an enthusiastic response.
Heinlein, born on July 7, 1907, to Rex Ivar Heinlein (an accountant) and Bam Lyle Heinlein, in Butler, Missouri, was the third of seven children.He was a sixth-generation German-American; a family tradition had it that Heinleins fought in every American war, starting with the War of Independence.
The Robert A. Heinlein Award was established by the Heinlein Society in 2003 "for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is named for renowned science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein and is administered by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society .
Heinlein buff David Potter explained on alt.fan.heinlein, in a posting reprinted on the Heinlein Society, that the entire book is actually "one of the greatest textbooks on narrative fiction ever produced, with a truly magnificent set of examples of how not to do it right there in the foreground, and constant explanations of how to do it right ...
Algis Budrys of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1966 praised The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, citing "Heinlein's expertise for dirt-level politics, snappy dialogue and a sense of an actual living society." He said that he had never read a more believable computer character than Mike ("may in fact be the most fully realized individual in the story").
"If This Goes On—" is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in 1940 in Astounding Science-Fiction and revised and expanded to novel length for inclusion in the 1953 collection Revolt in 2100.
Such is the case with Starship Troopers, the film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s classic sci-fi novel that was directed by RoboCop mastermind Paul Verhoeven.
First edition (publ. Putnam) Cover art by Ben Feder. The Past Through Tomorrow is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1967, all part of his Future History.