Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land (Milford Series Popular Writers of Today)
Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Robert A 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"
Fragile Industries (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I just finished re-reading Robert A. Heinlein's Time Enough For Love, my first revisit to Heinlein's writing since my teens (nearly 40 years ago). As a kid, I first was hooked by RAH's juveniles, progressed to Stranger In A Strange...
Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Robert A 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...
Paul Grenyer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
by Robert A. Heinlein (978-0340938348). This book lacks much real science fiction. At most it's a fantasy book. What it really is is a dig at society and religion and that, unfortunately, stifles a story that actually isn't there. Many science fiction books make these points as well, but that doesn't make this science fiction. If this was a relatively new book I'd say it's all been done before, but...
Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Robert A 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...
Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Robert A 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...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Project Moon Base is a 1953 space exploration film that bears the indelible stamp of its creator, science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. And I dont mean that in a good way It does make some...
cynsations (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Learn more about Lucienne Diver . What were you like as a teenager? What were your favorite books and why? I was/am a geek. A D&D playing, chorus-singing, braniac thespian. You know, the kind who took extra art and English classes because study hall and lunch were just wastes of time. I did junior high, high school and community theatre because, you know, all that homework wasn't enough to keep...
Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Yesterday at Seattle's Anarchist Bookfair, I participated in a panel on Anarchism and Science Fiction. Understandably, our discussion barely scratched the surface, but I was fascinated to note that I came away from it filled with a sense of just how important the topos of anarchism has been for feminist sf. I have an urgent wish, now, to read an intelligent exploration and speculation about that--...
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
What would Robert A. Heinlein thought of Big O's Big Prize? David Jones has some ideas.
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Playlist Rheostatics - Introducing Happiness Rheostatics - The Nightline Sessions Rheostatics - The Blue Hysteria An uneventful day... Spent the early evening watching TV before retiring to the back room to this scene... ...where I rehearsed the 30 minute set for Secret CD on 4 November... Tomorrow night I will travel again to Mr Peri Urban's house for our third full rehearsal... Watched last night's...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
My review of Adventurer's Vault 2 is up at Game Cryer . And it's banned books week . Interviews Stomping on Yeti interviews Alex Irvine . Locus Magazine interviews John Clute . BSC Review interviews Margaret Weis . David Steffen interviews Karl Johanson . Advice/Articles Mitchell Muncy on Finding Censorship Where There Is None . Related: Chasing Ray on Dear Wall Street Journal, let me tell you a story...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
David Louis Edelman previews Geosynchron , book 3 of the Jump 225 Trilogy. Interviews and Profiles: @Talking with Tim: Dan Abnett ( Triumff ). @Whatever: Paolo Bacigalupi , author of The Windup Girl . @Stomping on Yeti: Alex Irvine ( Buyout ). Future interview: For the first time, readers and fans will have the opportunity to join a live online chat with authors, and friends, Terry Brooks and Christopher...
The Hippo's Ass (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
"A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!" -- Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land It's been more than 24 hours since BigGovernment went live with their report on how the Obama administration used the National Endowment for the Arts to push their agenda, specifically for health care. I don’t know about you, but this turns the hair on the back of my neck straight...
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