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Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1 - by William H Patterson (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1 - by William H Patterson (Paperback)

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  • For the first time, the real story of the life of Robert A. Heinlein in the authorized biography Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is generally considered the greatest American SF writer of the 20th century.
  • About the Author: William H. Patterson, Jr., is an independent scholar who has published two books about Heinlein as well as numerous articles.
  • 640 Pages
  • Biography & Autobiography, Literary Figures

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About the Book



This is the first authorized biography of Robert A. Heinlein, generally considered the greatest SF writer of the 20th century, a bestselling author, military man, politician, and one of the founding minds of Libertarian politics in the USA.



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For the first time, the real story of the life of Robert A. Heinlein in the authorized biography

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is generally considered the greatest American SF writer of the 20th century. A famous and bestselling author in later life, he started as a navy man and graduate of Annapolis who was forced to retire because of tuberculosis. A socialist politician in the 1930s, he became one of the sources of Libertarian politics in the USA in his later years. His most famous works include the Future History series (stories and novels collected in The Past Through Tomorrow and continued in later novels), Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Given his desire for privacy in the later decades of his life, he was both stranger and more interesting than one could ever have known. This is the first of two volumes of a major American biography. This volume is about Robert A. Heinlein's life up to the end of the 1940s and the mid-life crisis that changed him forever.



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"[Heinlein] made footsteps big enough for a whole country to follow. And it was our country that did it... We proceed down a path marked by his ideas. That's legacy enough for any man. He showed us where the future is." --Tom Clancy

"Like Carlos Baker's Hemingway, this is an essential and exhaustive life." --Joe Haldeman

"Patterson offers a meticulous life-portrait of America's most pivotal science fiction author. In following Robert Heinlein's journey, step-by-step, we come to understand the persistent themes of his work. Perseverance, compassion, courage, curiosity, and--above all--a drive to confront the future on its own terms, eye-to-eye." --David Brin




About the Author



William H. Patterson, Jr., is an independent scholar who has published two books about Heinlein as well as numerous articles. He is an editor and contributor to the Virginia Edition Collected Works of Robert A. Heinlein. He lives in Los Angeles.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.6 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 640
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Literary Figures
Publisher: Tor Books
Format: Paperback
Author: William H Patterson
Language: English
Street Date: June 21, 2011
TCIN: 90818328
UPC: 9780765319623
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-3231
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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