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9780441218899

Expanded Universe

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    9780441218899

  • ISBN10:

    044121889X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Ace
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Summary

"The Wit and Wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein, author of multiple New York Times best sellers, on subjects ranging from Crime and Punishment to the Love life of the American Teenager; from Nuclear Power to the Pragmatics of Patriotism; from Prophecy to Destiny; from Geopolitics to Post-Holocaust America; from the Nature of Courage to the Nature of Reality; it's all here and it's all great - straight from the mind of the finest science fiction writer of them all."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre.

He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future.

Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 1
Life-Linep. 4
Successful Operationp. 23
Blowups Happenp. 28
Solution Unsatisfactoryp. 74
The Last Days of the United Statesp. 116
How to Be a Survivorp. 131
Pie from the Skyp. 141
They Do It With Mirrorsp. 146
Free Menp. 167
No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying-p. 192
A Bathroom of Her Ownp. 198
On the Slopes of Vesuviusp. 216
Nothing Ever Happens on the Moonp. 224
Pandora's Boxp. 250
Where To?p. 255
Cliff and the Caloriesp. 286
Ray Guns and Rocket Shipsp. 302
The Third Millennium Opensp. 309
Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?p. 315
"Pravda" Means "Truth"p. 330
Inside Intouristp. 342
Searchlightp. 365
The Pragmatics of Patriotismp. 375
Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and Youp. 386
Larger Than Lifep. 404
Spinoffp. 409
The Happy Days Aheadp. 420
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