Robert A. Heinlein
author profile
born
July 07, 1907
died
May 08, 1988
gender
male
place of birth
Butler, MO, The United States
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books
influences
H. G. Wells, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain
about this author
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.
-Wikipedia
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.86 — 17,803 ratings — published 1961 53 editions |
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Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, James Warhola avg rating 3.86 — 6,065 ratings — published 1959 42 editions |
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 4.16 — 3,691 ratings — published 1965 38 editions |
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Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.84 — 2,751 ratings — published 1973 23 editions |
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Whelan avg rating 3.57 — 2,830 ratings — published 1985 16 editions |
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Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.71 — 2,378 ratings — published 1984 11 editions |
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Friday by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.65 — 2,331 ratings — published 1982 19 editions |
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Have Space Suit-Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.74 — 1,949 ratings — published 1958 23 editions |
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The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.68 — 1,592 ratings — published 1951 21 editions |
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I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein avg rating 3.59 — 1,586 ratings — published 1970 21 editions |
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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
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— Robert A. Heinlein
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
— Robert A. Heinlein
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— Robert A. Heinlein
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
— Robert A. Heinlein
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— Robert A. Heinlein
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