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The only author to have written four Hugo
Award-winning novels 1974: first Grand Master
Nebula Award "Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament--it
is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary
chance and by minimizing risks you can't avoid. This permits
you to play out the game happily, untroubled by the
certainty of the outcome." Bob Heinlein
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Top honors went to "Starship Troopers," a sci-fi extravaganza
whose best known cast member is Neil Patrick Harris of "Doogie
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Assignment in Eternity (1951) the "nova effect" makes
the H-bomb look like a kitchen match--one bomb can vaporize
an entire planet. An undercover agent carrying the secret
of this weapon must defeat an insane opponent, one who's
decided that when she dies, the Earth will go "nova" with
her. Friday is its sequel, but read
Puppet Masters first.
Best of Robert Heinlein There's no way that the
Best of Robert Heinlein could fit in a single book! But I ordered it
anyway, it is a British collection of his early stories. The
price had gone up but amazon.com asked my okay
before they completed the transaction (plus they upgraded my
delivery option to compensate). I'm very pleased with Amazon. I hope
you'll order books & be as pleased as I am.
(1983
Hardcover)
Between Planets (1951,51) His mother's from Venus; his
father's from Earth. He's in the middle & war's broken out.
Beyond This Horizon (1942 serial,1948 cloth) his 1st novel in
book form
Citizen of the Galaxy (1957,57) an early work about a
beggar/thief that is not what he seems...
Day After Tomorrow (aka Sixth Column)
Door into Summer (1956,57) an earlier work that talks
of cats & time travel, 2 of RAH's favorite subjects, plus robots
(1997
Paperback)(1993
Paperback)
Double Star (1956,56) centers on a broken down actor &
a Martian Ambassador who become "one". Read how it happens.
1956 Hugo
Expanded Universe is a collection of his (early) short
stories. The first one he wrote was "Life-Line" which began
his career of writing for the pulp magazines of the golden
age of science fiction.
Farmer in the Sky (1950,50) what else? a farmer who goes
to another planet to colonize. A juvenile novel
Farnham's Freehold (1965,65) is about another of his
favorite themes -- survival of a nuclear attack which he
combines with time travel.
For Us the Living (1937) Unpublished, the manuscript was
destroyed.
Friday (1982) one of my all time favorites &
one of his best! Still fresh today. Spy/agent story: the adventures of
courier Marjorie Friday Baldwin. Too bad it's the last one
(1997
Paperback)(1988
Paperback)
Sequel to Assignment in Eternity? Also read
Puppet Masters,
same "old man", yes?
Glory Road (1963,63) fast-paced, satiric story of a
soldier of fortune, Scar Gordon, as a knight in shining
armor. Fantasy & Science. Nominated for a Hugo '63. also
Green Hills of Earth: Rhysling & the Adventures of
the Entire Solar System (1951)
Grumbles from the Grave (1989) non-fiction Virginia
Heinlein, editor
Have Spacesuit Will Travel (1958,58) juvenile novel:
about children, but not just for kids. Hugo nominee 1958.
Win a real, live spacesuit! See what happens next...
I Will Fear No Evil (1970,70) fascinating story of the
afterlife & a sex change which gets mixed reviews, but I
like it!
Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984) not one of my favorites,
but it makes one think & others give it rave reviews.
Warning: sex
Man Who Sold the Moon (1950), just picked up a nice 1st ed, 2nd
print with a cover price of 35 cents...
Methuselah's Children (1941,58) the 'Families' were
ordinary human beings, except for extraordinarily long
life spans. How do the short lifers react?
(now available in 2xHeinlein: Revolt in 2100 & Methuselah's Children)
Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966,66) about the penal
colony Luna revolution in 2076--led by a one-armed computer
technician, an aging academic, a beautiful girl, & the
sentient computer, Mike. Hugo award 1966, perhaps the best of his
"hard" sf novels
Notebooks of Lazarus Long This is one I still need
to get. I hope to get it for Christmas 97. "Notes" come
from Time Enough for Love
but the sayings are represented as full-page illuminated
panels by D F Vassallo. The original's long out of print &
I've never seen one, but I understand that this edition is
even better since Pomegranate is best known for their
calendars & art books.
Number of the Beast (1976,79,79) the book that started
me collecting RAH specifically & SF in general. (Previously
I was just a library rat.) Concepts are truly the work
of a Grand Master. A book of anagrams & in-jokes paying
homage to many of his literary heroes, fellow writers &
friends by name. Should follow Time Enough for Love
Warning: sex
Orphans of the Sky (just bought one with a cover price of $.50)
Past Through Tomorrow: Future History Stories
(dubbed "future history" by John Campbell) a short-story collection
Podkayne of Mars (1962,63) now in its 1st trade
paperback edition, the first ever complete edition with the
ending Heinlein intended. First published version's usually
thought of as a juvenile, but that's not what was intended
as you will see when you read the uncut version. also
Puppet Masters (1951,51,90) Uncut version,
aliens-take-over-human-bodies story. {1994? movie: Robert A
Heinlein's The Puppet Masters}
Red Planet (1949) is Mars, of course, seen from the eyes
of a young man & his pet martian, which is more than it
appears to be. {1994? animated 3-part mini-series:
Robert A Heinlein's Red Planet -- VERY loose adherence to
novel. Doctor MacRae resembles Lazarus Long more than
the book character}
Rolling Stones (1952,52) a juvenile novel about
the family Stone & the boys' antics
Sixth Column (1941,49) America's invaded by Pan-Asian
hordes. A secret laboratory's developing weapons to defeat
them & discovers a new way of controlling energy & matter. A
super-weapon is developed, but who'll use it to liberate
America? & how? The answers may suprise you...
Space Cadet (1948) another juvenile novel, but DO NOT
let that stop you!
Star Beast (1954,54) another juvenile novel.
This one also has an alien pet that's not what is seems.
Starman Jones (1953) yet another juvenile novel. He
wrote one each year for a publisher until they rejected
one. Most are only juvenile because the main character is
a young person
Starship Troopers (1959,59) makes a political statement & proves
that SF is not just space opera, Bug Eyed Monsters, &
ray guns even if they are fighting bug-like alien monsters.
{1988? Japanimation/anime, 1997 full-length motion picture released
Nov 7 -- Awesome!}
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961,90) What?! You haven't
read it? Buy it now & read it as soon as you get it. It
influenced religious cults (much to the author's chagrin).
Grok it! "A Martian named Smith" The first waterbed's
described by the Grand Master. This is the "author's cut"
30th anniversary trade edition -- the original manuscript
had 50,000 words cut out by the publisher. also
Time Enough for Love (1973) a novel in his later style.
Lazarus Long, the oldest person alive, is tired & ready to
die, but his family has him tell his life story trying to
find what he'd still like to live to do -- they find it.
Should preceed Number of the Beast
Warning: sex
I think that Time Enough
was his best work, certainly his most ambitious with
Stranger in a Strange Land
coming in a close second. In Time Enough I think that he is
getting into the crux of what
Gulliver'sTravels
was about - imaginative regeneration or the lack thereof --
R Leishman
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) autobiography of
Lazarus Long's mother, is a mix of ideas about sex, politics,
& longevity, as well as reminiscence of growing up in the
midwest at the turn of the century. Should follow Cat
Who Walks Through Walls
Tramp Royale (1949?,92) his travelogue that was not
published until after his death
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