Robert A. Heinlein





Robert A. Heinlein

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

died
May 08, 1988

gender
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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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Average rating: 3.77 · 271,449 ratings · 8,526 reviews · 238 distinct works
Stranger in a Strange Land
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 98,009 ratings — published 1961 — 78 editions
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Starship Troopers
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 26,366 ratings — published 1959 — 68 editions
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 17,257 ratings — published 1966 — 54 editions
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Time Enough for Love
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 8,047 ratings — published 1973 — 35 editions
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Friday
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 7,579 ratings24 editions
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The Cat Who Walks Through Wall...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 7,035 ratings — published 1985 — 21 editions
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Have Space Suit-Will Travel
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 6,050 ratings — published 1958 — 35 editions
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Job: A Comedy of Justice
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 5,736 ratings17 editions
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The Puppet Masters
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 5,778 ratings — published 1951 — 41 editions
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The Door into Summer
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 4,565 ratings — published 1957 — 41 editions
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More books by Robert A. Heinlein…
Time Enough for Love The Number of the Beast The Cat Who Walks Through Wall... To Sail Beyond the Sunset
The World As Myth (4 books)
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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
Robert A. Heinlein

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

“When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”
Robert A. Heinlein

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DECEMBER SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which 2 novels will move on to the run-off poll for our December SF Book of the Month!

 
  12 votes 27.9%

 
  10 votes 23.3%

 
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  5 votes 11.6%

 
  4 votes 9.3%

 
  3 votes 7.0%

43 total votes
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