جهان گسترش‌یافته

For the Millions of Heinlein Fans--a Guided Tour Through the Thoughts and Insights of ''One of the Most Influential Writers in American Literature'' (New York Times Book Review) '' Life-Line '' (*) '' Successful Operation '' '' Blowups Happen '' (*) '' Solution Unsatisfactory '' (*) '' The Last Days of the United States '' '' How to Be a Survivor '' '' Pie from the Sky '' '' They Do It with Mirrors '' '' Free Men '' (*) '' No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying '' '' A Bathroom of Her Own '' '' On the Slopes of Vesuvius '' '' Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon '' '' Pandora's Box '' (*) '' Where To? '' (1950, 1965, 1980) '' Cliff and the Calories '' '' Ray Guns and Rocket Ships '' '' The Third Millennium Opens '' '' Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry? '' '' Pravda Means Truth '' '' Inside Intourist '' '' Searchlight '' (*) '' The Pragmatics of Patriotism '' '' Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You '' '' Larger than Life '', a memoir in tribute to E. E. ''Doc'' Smith '' Spinoff '' '' The Happy Days Ahead '' The six items marked with (*) appeared in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein . About the Author Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre. He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future. Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind. Version : 5.0

the Wit And Wisdom Of Robert A. Heinlein, Author Of Multiple New York Times Best Sellers, On Subjects Ranging Form Crime And Punishment To The Love Life Of The American Teenager; From Nuclear Power To The Pragmatics Of Patriotism; From Prophecy To Destiny; From Geopolitic To Post-holocaust America; Fro The Nature Of Courage To The Nature Of Reality; It's All Here And It's All Great-straight From The Mind Of The Finest Science Fiction Writer Of Them All. But Beware: After Reading It, You Too Will Occupy An Expanded Universe!

library Journal

from Life-line (1939), One Of His Earliest Works, To A Tale Of Adventure On The Moon (nothing Ever Happens On The Moon), This Collection Demonstrates The Formidable Talent And Irascible Perceptions Of One Of The Genre's Most Outspoken Writers. Including Essays On Science As Well As Discourses On The Craft Of Writing, This Volume, A Reissue Of The Worlds Of Robert A. Heinlein (1966), Belongs In Most Libraries Desiring A Comprehensive Collection Of The Author's Works. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Very relevant to current events. This is a collection of Heinlein’s SF stories, other stories, and articles, beginning with his first SF story in 1939, and including stories & articles through the 1970s. Most have been previously published. In this collection, published in 1980, Heinlein provides a foreword to each story and article, to place them in context, both in terms of personal circumstances, thoughts, and the broader context of science & technology, WWII, and the development and use of catastrophic weapons of war. The underlying themes of science, technology, and war, and how we humans respond to these, make Heinlein's stories and articles timeless, and very relevant to the current times. "The Wit and Wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein, author of multiple New York Times best sellers, on subjects ranging from Crime and Punishment to the Love life of the American Teenager; from Nuclear Power to the Pragmatics of Patriotism; from Prophecy to Destiny; from Geopolitics to Post-Holocaust America; from the Nature of Courage to the Nature of Reality; it's all here and it's all great - straight from the mind of the finest science fiction writer of them all."--Jacket This text offers a mix of wit and wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein on subjects ranging from crime and punishment to nuclearm power, from pragmatics of patriotism to post holocaust America; from the nature of courage to the nature of reality.