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Robert A. Heinlein

7 July 1907 - 8 May 1988

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was one of the first writers to break into mainstream, general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, in the late 1940s, with unvarnished science fiction. He was among the first authors of bestselling, novel-length science fiction in the modern, mass-market era. For many years, Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. (Source.)

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  • Cover of: Take back your government: a practical handbook for the private citizen who wants democracy to work

    First published in 1992 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1998 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Election day 2084: a science fiction anthology on the politics of the future

    First published in 1984 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1978 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Fantasy Hall of Fame

    First published in 1985 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition fantasyhallfame00silv
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  • Cover of: Writing science fiction and fantasy

    First published in 1991 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition writingsciencefi00dozo
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  • Cover of: Isaac Asimov presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 36 Stories and Novellas

    First published in 1983 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Man Who Sold the Moon and Orphans of the Sky

    First published in 2013 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition manwhosoldmoonor0000hein
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  • Cover of: The Science Fiction Roll of Honor

    First published in 1975 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition sciencefictionro00pohl
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  • Cover of: Yesterday's Tomorrows: favorite stories from forty years as a science fiction editor

    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Best of Robert Heinlein 1947-1959

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Die Vergangenheit der Zukunft.: Die komplette Future history.

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Where Do We Go From Here?: Book 1

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Robert Heinlein: anthologie

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Assignment Earth

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Interplanetary voyages, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, English Science fiction, English Short stories, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Long, lazarus (fictitious character), fiction, Science fiction, american, Fiction, fantasy, general, Hugo Award Winner, Human-alien encounters, Life on other planets, award:hugo_award=novel, Children's stories, Extraterrestrial beings, FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera
Places
Earth, Moon, United States, Chad, Connecticut, Des Moines, Dystopian future America, Kansas City, Luna, Mars, Mars (Planet), New York City, New Zealand, Novo Leningrad, Pass Christian (MS), Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay
People
AKA Adam Selene, AKA MychelleYY, Farnham, Manuel O'Kelly, Mike AKA MYCROFTXXX, Rikki-tikki-tavi, Science fiction
Time
1939- 1975, 1953-1954, 1970, 1989-, 1989-1993, 2000, 2001, 2075 AD, 2136, Dystopian future America, Early 21st century, Future, Post Apocalyptic, Some future time., first scene mentions 2007 (written in 1951)

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