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A science fiction pioneer, Robert A. Heinlein wrote popular stories that doubled as vessels for his political and cultural observations. In classics such as Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers, Heinlein blended suspenseful adventure with (sometimes controversial) visions of alternate worlds.
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Fact File
| Name:
Robert A. Heinlein
Also Known As:
Anson MacDonald; Robert Anson Heinlein (full name)
Date of Birth:
July 7, 1907
Place of Birth:
Butler, Missouri
Date of Death:
May 8, 1988
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Carmel, California
Education:
Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1929; attended University of California, Los Angeles, 1934, for graduate study in physic
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| | Stranger in a Strange Land
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Robert A. Heinlein
Heinlein's 1961 classic was the first science-fiction title to become a New York Times bestseller. The strange land of the title is this planet, as a Martian attempts to deal with, and ultimately change for the better, human ways.
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| | Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein & Tributes to the Grand Master
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Robert A. Heinlein, Noble, Yoji Kondo (Editor)
This 1992 volume offers previously uncollected gems from the author, including two novellas, plus homages by various well known fans. For more about the man himself, don't miss the transcript of a three-and-a-half-hour interview Heinlein granted in 1975.
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