Heinlein, Robert A. (1907–1988)
Prolific American science fiction writer who did much to foster the genre.
His first story, "Life-Line," was published in Astounding Science Fiction
in 1939. Heinlein's broad interests and his concern for characterization
and technology won him many admirers in his lifetime. Among his best-known
works are The Green Hills of Earth (1951), Double Star
(1956), Methuselah's Children (1958), Starship Troopers
(1959),and Stranger in a Strange Land (1961). He also wrote juvenile
science-fiction novels. Among these are Red Planet (1949), Starman
Jones (1953), and Have Space Suit – Will Travel (1958).
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