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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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    First published in 1950 27 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition waldomagicinc0000hein Cover of edition waldomagicinc00hein
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    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Best of Robert A.Heinlein 1939-1942 ([Sphere science fiction])

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  • Cover of: Robert A. Heinlein's The Virginia Edition: A Sample of the Series

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    First published in 1979 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Project Moonbase and Others: The Scripts of Robert A. Heinlein, Vol. 1

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Subjects
American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Interplanetary voyages, Juvenile fiction, Science fiction, american, Short stories, Children's fiction, English Science fiction, English Short stories, Fiction, fantasy, general, Long, lazarus (fictitious character), fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Heinlein, robert a. (robert anson), 1907-1987, Hugo Award Winner, Space colonies, award:hugo_award=novel, American literature, Comics & graphic novels, general, Extraterrestrial beings
Places
Earth, Mars (Planet), Mars, Moon, United States, Chad, Connecticut, Des Moines, Dystopian future America, Io, Kansas City, Luna, New York City, New Zealand, Novo Leningrad, Pass Christian (MS), Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay
People
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), AKA Adam Selene, AKA MychelleYY, Bill O’Niel, Cas Stone, Farnham, Manuel O'Kelly, Mike AKA MYCROFTXXX, Pat, Poll Stone, Rikki-tikki-tavi, Robert A. Heinlein (1907-), Science fiction, Tom
Time
20th century, Future, 1939- 1975, 1953-1954, 1970, 1989-, 1989-1993, 20 w., 2000, 2001, 2075 AD, 2136, Dystopian future America, Early 21st century, Post Apocalyptic, Some future time., alternate realities, first scene mentions 2007 (written in 1951), space, the future

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