Cernunnos wrote:

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Hey, just a question. Who here, if anyone, reads (has read) and adores Robert Anson Heinlein. I wanna start a discussion of his works, style and ideas.

In My personal opinion he was, is and always shall be the father/master of the modern Science Fiction genre.

I'm slowly trying to build a collection of his works, but keep losing books to lending. I'm trying to get my younger friends into reading this greatest of all Sci-Fi masters.

 

Discuss...

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As much as i would love to read, my pc seems to win over. I have never heard of him but i love sci-fi. That last sci-fi book i read was Halo. Yes it sounds dorky, but it was actually a very good book.

Wow, I haven't read Heinlein since high school.  Can't even remember what I've read of his, it was so long ago (yeah, I'm old).

I'd be interested in seeing that list.

I have read him, like Ninjamom, it has been a while. I probably have some of his books here somewhere.  LOL  You are right, he is really good!

Stranger In A Strange Land

Starship Troopers

The Red Planet

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress...

That is just a small portion of his work.

Ah, that was one of his best... You have to understand that he does not necessarily espouse every idea that he puts forth... He merely puts them out there to be thought about.

The unedited version of 'Stranger' is even better than the one originally put out. His wife pulled the Original manuscript out and had it printed. It's got a shitton of added material that was removed from the original printing for various reasons.

I'll get that list soon.

I believe this is the correct order of publication...
 
Novels:
 
Sixth Column, Methusalah's Children, Beyond This Horizon, The Puppet Masters (became a movie), Double Star, The Door Into Summer, Starship Troopers (became a crappy movie as they did not follow the story line), Stranger In A Strange Land, Glory Road, Farnham's Freehold, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, I Will Fear No Evil, Time Enough For Love, The Number Of The Beast, Friday, Job: A Comedy Of Justice, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond The Sunset; Published 1987 Mr. Heinlein died in 1988... 
 
Juvenile Novels:
 
Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet (animated miniseries), Farmer In The Sky, Between Planets, The Rolling Stones; Published 1952 (before the band), Starman Jones, The Star Beast, Tunnel In The Sky, Time For The Stars, Citizen Of The Galaxy, Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Podkayne Of Mars
 
Short Fiction: (This is a LONG one folks)
 
Life-Line, Misfit, Requiem, If This Goes On, Successful Operation, Let There Be Light, The Roads Must Roll, Coventry, Blowups Happen, Magic Inc., And He Built A Crooked House, Logic Of Empire, Beyond Doubt, They, Solution Unsatisfactory, Universe, -We Also Walk Dogs, Elsewhen, By His Bootstraps, Common Sense, Lost Legacy, My Object All Sublime, Goldfish Bowl, Pied Piper, Waldo, The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag, A Bathroom Of Her Own, Free Men, No Bands Playing No Flags Flying, On The Slopes Of Vesuvius, The Green Hills Of Earth, Space Jockey, Columbus Was A Dope, They Do It With Mirrors, It's Great To Be Back, Jerry Was A Man, Water Is For Washing, The Man Who Travelled In Elephants, The Black Pits Of Luna, Gentlemen Be Seated, Ordeal In Space, Our Fair City, Nothing Ever Happens On The Moon, Poor Daddy, Gulf, The Long Watch, Delilah And The Space Rigger, The Man Who Sold The Moon, Cliff And The Calories, Destination Moon, The Bulletin Board, The Year Of The Jackpot, Sky Lift, Project Nightmare, The Menace From Earth, Tenderfoot In Space, -All You Zombies-, Searchlight
 
I will not get into his nonfiction works and the collections of his short works... That'd take days to do...

Cernunnos wrote:

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I believe this is the correct order of publication...   Novels:   Sixth Column, Methusalah's Children, Beyond This Horizon, The Puppet Masters (became a movie), Double Star, The Door Into Summer, Starship Troopers (became a crappy movie as they did not follow the story line), Stranger In A Strange Land, Glory Road, Farnham's Freehold, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, I Will Fear No Evil, Time Enough For Love, The Number Of The Beast, Friday, Job: A Comedy Of Justice, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond The Sunset; Published 1987 Mr. Heinlein died in 1988...    Juvenile Novels:   Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet (animated miniseries), Farmer In The Sky, Between Planets, The Rolling Stones; Published 1952 (before the band), Starman Jones, The Star Beast, Tunnel In The Sky, Time For The Stars, Citizen Of The Galaxy, Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Podkayne Of Mars   Short Fiction: (This is a LONG one folks)   Life-Line, Misfit, Requiem, If This Goes On, Successful Operation, Let There Be Light, The Roads Must Roll, Coventry, Blowups Happen, Magic Inc., And He Built A Crooked House, Logic Of Empire, Beyond Doubt, They, Solution Unsatisfactory, Universe, -We Also Walk Dogs, Elsewhen, By His Bootstraps, Common Sense, Lost Legacy, My Object All Sublime, Goldfish Bowl, Pied Piper, Waldo, The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag, A Bathroom Of Her Own, Free Men, No Bands Playing No Flags Flying, On The Slopes Of Vesuvius, The Green Hills Of Earth, Space Jockey, Columbus Was A Dope, They Do It With Mirrors, It's Great To Be Back, Jerry Was A Man, Water Is For Washing, The Man Who Travelled In Elephants, The Black Pits Of Luna, Gentlemen Be Seated, Ordeal In Space, Our Fair City, Nothing Ever Happens On The Moon, Poor Daddy, Gulf, The Long Watch, Delilah And The Space Rigger, The Man Who Sold The Moon, Cliff And The Calories, Destination Moon, The Bulletin Board, The Year Of The Jackpot, Sky Lift, Project Nightmare, The Menace From Earth, Tenderfoot In Space, -All You Zombies-, Searchlight   I will not get into his nonfiction works and the collections of his short works... That'd take days to do...

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Wow!

Plush wrote:

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Cernunnos wrote:

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Hey, just a question. Who here, if anyone, reads (has read) and adores Robert Anson Heinlein. I wanna start a discussion of his works, style and ideas.

In My personal opinion he was, is and always shall be the father/master of the modern Science Fiction genre.

I'm slowly trying to build a collection of his works, but keep losing books to lending. I'm trying to get my younger friends into reading this greatest of all Sci-Fi masters.

 

Discuss...

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As much as i would love to read, my pc seems to win over. I have never heard of him but i love sci-fi. That last sci-fi book i read was Halo. Yes it sounds dorky, but it was actually a very good book.

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yea, alot better big pretty pictures on the PC. LOL

I will be prepared for discussion once I've finished reading the first one.