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.
Foreword | p. 1 |
Life-Line | p. 4 |
Successful Operation | p. 23 |
Blowups Happen | p. 28 |
Solution Unsatisfactory | p. 74 |
The Last Days of the United States | p. 116 |
How to Be a Survivor | p. 131 |
Pie from the Sky | p. 141 |
They Do It With Mirrors | p. 146 |
Free Men | p. 167 |
No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying- | p. 192 |
A Bathroom of Her Own | p. 198 |
On the Slopes of Vesuvius | p. 216 |
Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon | p. 224 |
Pandora's Box | p. 250 |
Where To? | p. 255 |
Cliff and the Calories | p. 286 |
Ray Guns and Rocket Ships | p. 302 |
The Third Millennium Opens | p. 309 |
Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry? | p. 315 |
"Pravda" Means "Truth" | p. 330 |
Inside Intourist | p. 342 |
Searchlight | p. 365 |
The Pragmatics of Patriotism | p. 375 |
Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You | p. 386 |
Larger Than Life | p. 404 |
Spinoff | p. 409 |
The Happy Days Ahead | p. 420 |
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