Robert A. Heinlein

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born

July 07, 1907 in Butler, MO, The United States

died

May 08, 1988

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

influences

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Robert Anson Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction". He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer 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.

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Books by Robert A. Heinlein

Average rating: 3.80 · 330,603 ratings · 9,483 reviews · 240 distinct works

	Stranger in a Strange Land 3.78 avg rating — 111,294 ratings — published 1961 — 79 editions	My rating:
	Starship Troopers 3.92 avg rating — 36,339 ratings — published 1959 — 72 editions	My rating:
	The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 4.13 avg rating — 23,406 ratings — published 1966 — 56 editions	My rating:
	Time Enough for Love 3.88 avg rating — 10,101 ratings — published 1973 — 35 editions	My rating:
	Friday 3.72 avg rating — 9,403 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	My rating:
	The Cat Who Walks through Walls 3.62 avg rating — 8,252 ratings — published 1985 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Puppet Masters 3.75 avg rating — 7,934 ratings — published 1951 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Have Space Suit-Will Travel 3.80 avg rating — 7,651 ratings — published 1958 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Job: A Comedy of Justice 3.71 avg rating — 6,768 ratings — published 1984 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Door into Summer 3.89 avg rating — 5,588 ratings — published 1957 — 44 editions	My rating:

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Series by Robert A. Heinlein

The World As Myth (4 books)
by Robert A. Heinlein

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Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

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