Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors in science fiction. He was the first science-fiction writer to break into mainstream general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s with unvarnished science fiction, and he was among the first authors of bestselling novel-length science fiction in the 1960s. For many years he, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the Big Three of science fiction. He won seven Hugo awards for his novels and the first Grand Master Award given by the Science Fiction Writers of America for lifetime achievement.

External links

• The Heinlein Society and their FAQ.
• Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
• Robert & Virginia Heinlein Prize
• Robert A. Heinlein, Grandmaster of Science Fiction
• Centennial Celebration in Kansas City, July 7, 2007
• Internet Book Database of Fiction bibliography
• Good bibliography, essays, news, links, etc.
• 1952 Popular Mechanics tour of Heinlein's Colorado house. accessed June 3, 2005
• Photos of Heinlein's 1963 Colorado bomb shelter dramatized in Farnham's Freehold accessed June 3, 2005
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• Illustrated list of Heinlein fiction