Robert A. Heinlein / editor, Rafeeq O. McGiveron. - xii, 276 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. - Critical insights . - Critical insights. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index.

On Robert A. Heinlein and his works / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- From the ocean to the stars : the life of Robert A. Heinlein, 1907-1988 / Gary Westfahl -- Robert A. Heinlein in historical and cultural context / Zahra Jannessari Ladani -- Robert A Heinlein : critical reception / Donald M. Hassler -- Reading the man in the moon : an intersectional analysis of Robert A. Heinlein's The moon is a harsh mistress / Robin Anne Reid -- Mr. Koshchei makes the law : to hell and back in Robert A. Heinlein's :Magic, Inc." and job: a comedy of justice / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- Early genius : Robert A. Heinlein's stories from 1939 to 1949 / Garyn G. Roberts -- Growing up with Heinlein / John J. Pierce -- "Dishonest work": Heinlein's attitudes toward writing / Gary Westfahl -- Compulsively fruitful : proliferation in the short fiction of Robert A. Heinlein, 1939-1952 / Anna R. McHugh -- "Who wrote the notebook?" Physics, fiction, and the bootstrap paradox / Kristine Larsen -- What Podkayne of Mars says about humans of Earth, or, stranger in a strange reading practice land / Marleen S. Barr -- "Locked in somewhere safe" : Robert A. Heinlein and the bomb shelter / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch": supply-side economics in The Moon is a harsh mistress / Wolf Forrest -- Robert A. Heinlein : building and defending the empire / C. W. Sullivan III -- Finding answers in Stranger in a strange land / Ira Halpern.

Provides an introduction to Robert A. Heinlein and the critical discussions surrounding his work.

9781619258266 1619258269

2016296808


Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988 --Criticism and interpretation.


1900-1952


Science fiction, American--History and criticism.--20th century


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PS 3515 .E288 / Z845 2015