Happy Birthday, Robert Heinlein!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to Robert A. Heinlein (7 July, 1907 – 8 May, 1988)!



“Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.”
- Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling Stones (1952)

Comments

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

There are great recommendations on where to start already posted here as replies to you and farther down, as replies to my original post, and now I'll jump on the bandwagon. :) I wholeheartedly agree with everyone's suggestion of his juvenile novels such as Have Space Suit, Will Travel, Citizen of the Galaxy, Space Cadet, etc. He didn't write down to his young readers, and therefore these novels still work very well for adult readers, too. Each of these stands on its own as an independent story, so there's no wrong place to start. It's all good!

As for his stand-alone adult novels, I think Double Star is a very cleverly done character piece that still has a lot to say about politics. My personal favorite of Heinlein's, which I definitely recommend, is The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. It revisits the U.S. Revolutionary War, casting Earth as Britain and the moon as the colonies. Delicious stuff.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm forever wanting new sci-fi