Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
Autore di Fanteria dello spazio
Sull'Autore
Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907 in Butler, Mo. The son of Rex Ivar and Bam Lyle Heinlein, Robert Heinlein had two older brothers, one younger brother, and three younger sisters. Moving to Kansas City, Mo., at a young age, Heinlein graduated from Central High School in 1924 and mostra altro attended one year of college at Kansas City Community College. Following in his older brother's footsteps, Heinlein entered the Navel Academy in 1925. After contracting pulmonary tuberculosis, of which he was later cured, Heinlein retired from the Navy and married Leslyn MacDonald. Heinlein was said to have held jobs in real estate and photography, before he began working as a staff writer for Upton Sinclair's EPIC News in 1938. Still needing money desperately, Heinlein entered a writing contest sponsored by the science fiction magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories. Heinlein wrote and submitted the story "Life-Line," which went on to win the contest. This guaranteed Heinlein a future in writing. Using his real name and the pen names Caleb Saunders, Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, and Simon York, Heinlein wrote numerous novels including For Us the Living, Methuselah's Children, and Starship Troopers, which was adapted into a big-budget film for Tri-Star Pictures in 1997. The Science Fiction Writers of America named Heinlein its first Grand Master in 1974, presented 1975. Officers and past presidents of the Association select a living writer for lifetime achievement. Also, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted Heinlein in 1998. Heinlein died in 1988 from emphysema and other related health problems. Heinlein's remains were scattered from the stern of a Navy warship off the coast of California. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: At SunCon, 1977.
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Opere di Robert A. Heinlein
Infinite Possibilities (Tunnel In the Sky; Time For the Stars; Citizen of the Galaxy) (2002) 191 copie
To The Stars; (4 in 1) Between Planets, The Rolling Stones, Starman Jones, The Star Beast (2004) 173 copie
Chroniken der Zukunft II. Revolte auf Luna / Die dunklen Wüsten des Titan / Das letzte Sternenschiff. (1984) 16 copie
Histoire du futur, Tome 4 : Les enfants de Mathusalem suivi de Les orphelins du ciel (2005) 12 copie
The Future Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein: The Star Beast; Tunnel in the Sky; The Rolling Stones; Rocket Ship Galileo… (1978) 9 copie
Common Sense [short fiction] 7 copie
This I Believe 6 copie
Robert A. Heinlein 5 Book Box Set Including: Revolt in 2100 the Man Who Sold the Moon, Menace From Earth Double Star,… (1956) 5 copie
Una famiglia marziana, Fanteria dello spazio, La porta sull'estate. Urania Millemondi Estate 1975 5 copie
Himmelstorm : noveller av James Blish, Robert A. Heinlein og A. E. van Vogt ; presentert av Jon Bing og Tor ¿ge… (1974) — Autore — 5 copie
Robert Heinlein presenta Tropas del espacio ; Robert Heinlein presenta Las 100 vidas de Lazarus Long (1987) 5 copie
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (UNCLE) Magazine January 1967 "The Light-Kill Affair" Robert A. Heinlein Story (1966) 5 copie
Historia del futuro (Vol. I) 5 copie
Science fiction omnibus 2 4 copie
Science fiction verhalen 2 4 copie
Obras estelares de la ciencia ficcion: Tropas del espacio; Las 100 vidas de Lazarus Long (1987) 4 copie
The Good News of High Frontier 4 copie
The Heinlein Letters: Vol. II 3 copie
Dance Session {poem} 3 copie
Short Story Collections by Robert A. Heinlein: The Green Hills of Earth, the Man Who Sold the Moon, Revolt in 2100, the… (2010) 3 copie
"Beyond Doubt" 3 copie
HEIL! (short story) 3 copie
The Heinlein Letters: Vol. III 3 copie
Short Stories by Robert A. Heinlein (Study Guide): -all You Zombies-, by His Bootstraps, -we Also Walk Dogs, the Roads… (2010) 3 copie
New Worlds To Conquer 3 copie
How to Be A Survivor 3 copie
Friday, part 2 of 3 3 copie
Infanteria stelar♯ 3 copie
La storia futura - Volume 4 3 copie
Science Fiction Omnibus 3 copie
Friday, part 3 of 3 3 copie
Obras estelares de la ciencia ficcion: Lo mejor de S. G. Weinbaum; La bestia estelar (Serie Andromeda) (1987) 2 copie
Friday, part 1 of 3 2 copie
O mundo que nos espera - II 2 copie
O número do monstro - 3 2 copie
O número do monstro - 1 2 copie
2000x: By His Bootstraps 2 copie
First Step Outward 2 copie
The Future Revisited 2 copie
Last Days of the United States 2 copie
La Luna è una severa maestra - Parte prima — Autore — 2 copie
Non temerò alcun male 2 copie
A Reader's Companion 2 copie
Дублер = Double Star; Дверь в лето = The Door into Summer / Роберт Хайнлайн; [Пер. с… (1999) 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
Кот, проходящий сквозь стены 1 copia
Stea dublă 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
Там за гранью.Уолдо.Корп.Магия 1 copia
история будущего 1 copia
Historia del futuro (Vol. I) 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
The Green Hills of Earth 1 copia
" Tunnel' v nebe". " Kuklovody". 1 copia
Dubler 1 copia
Amos de titeres 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
Starship Soldiers (Starship Troopers) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October and November 1959. (1959) 1 copia
O Mundo Que Nos Espera/1 1 copia
The Science Fiction Novel 1 copia
Sexta Coluna 1 copia
Kot, który przenika ściany 1 copia
" Fantasticheskie romany". 1 copia
Tropas de espacio 1 copia
Science fiction verhalen 1 copia
℗Une ℗porte sur l'e te 1 copia
Double Star, Starship Troopers 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
Science Fiction verhalen 2 1 copia
sf omnibus 1 copia
Tunnel Through Earth 1 copia
אל המאה העשרים ואחת 1 copia
Revolta na Lua 1 1 copia
Red Planet, Season 1, Episode 3 1 copia
La Luna è una severa maestra - Parte seconda — Autore — 1 copia
Red Planet, Season 1, Episode 1 1 copia
Red Planet, Season 1, Episode 2 1 copia
Por sus propios medios 1 copia
1967 1 copia
Horizontes futuros 1 copia
Una pecera con peces de colores 1 copia
??? travel book ?? from LC 1 copia
O número do monstro - 2 1 copia
Revolta na lua - II 1 copia
Lazarus Long books 1 copia
Interview mit Heinlein 1 copia
The l-5 Society 1 copia
Heinlein, 6 Volumes,Between Planets,Expanded Universe,The Star Beast,Time For The Stars,Grumbles from the Grave,Have… (1968) 1 copia
Pie From The Sky 1 copia
Não temerei nenhum mal - vol. 2 1 copia
Oltre l'orizzonte 1 copia
Urania 015 - OLTRE L'ORIZZONTE 1 copia
The Green Hills of Earth, etc 1 copia
Soldados do Universo Livro 1 1 copia
O Número do Monstro I I Livro 1 1 copia
Science Fiction Omnibus 1967 1 copia
Pebble in the Sky 1 copia
O Gato Que Atravessava Paredes 1 copia
O Mundo Que Nos Espera - 1 1 copia
LA VIA DELLE STELLE. 1 copia
GUERRA NELL'INFINITO 1 copia
Todos ustedes, zombies 1 copia
O Dia Depois de Amanhã Livro 1 1 copia
O Número do Monstro I Livro 1 1 copia
Tʻan hsing shih tai 1 copia
Revolta na Lua - Vol 1 1 copia
Revolta na Lua - Vol 2 1 copia
Revolta na Lua 2 1 copia
O Mundo que Nos Espera 2 1 copia
Entre Panetas 1 copia
O Número do Mosntro - 2 1 copia
A História do Futuro - I 1 copia
A História do Futuro - II 1 copia
A História do Futuro - III 1 copia
Classici Urania 001 - UNIVERSO 1 copia
L'enfant de la science 1 copia
Nueva dimensión / Extra 12 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Collaboratore — 1,832 copie
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006) — Collaboratore — 1,082 copie
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Collaboratore — 892 copie
Adventures in Time and Space (1946) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni; Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 541 copie
Analog Anthology #1: Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction From Analog (1980) — Collaboratore — 106 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Collaboratore — 86 copie
Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-Bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird (2021) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 2 (October 1973) (1973) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 5 (January 1974) (1974) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4 (December 1966) (1966) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Fremde aus dem All. Lübbes Auswahlband. Science Fiction-Geschichten. (1982) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 14 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1958) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Science fiction omnibus 5 copie
Amazing Stories Vol. 27, No. 4 [April-May 1953] — Autore — 4 copie
Historier fra andre verdener — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Autore, alcune edizioni — 2 copie
Avontuur in ruimte & tijd nummer 1 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Heinlein, Robert Anson
- Altri nomi
- Heinlein, R. A.
MacDonald, Anson
Monroe, Lyle
Riverside, John
Saunders, Caleb
York, Simon - Data di nascita
- 1907-07-07
- Data di morte
- 1988-05-08
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Cremated (Ashes spread in the Pacific)
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Butler, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Carmel, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- Emphysema
- Luogo di residenza
- Butler, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Bonny Doon, California, USA
Carmel, California, USA
Colorado, USA - Istruzione
- United States Naval Academy (B.Eng.|1929)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
short story writer
essayist
screenwriter
naval officer
aeronautical engineer - Relazioni
- Heinlein, Virginia (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- United States Navy
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Premi e riconoscimenti
- SFWA Grand Master (1974)
SF Hall Of Fame (Posthumous Inductee ∙ 1998)
Hugo Award 1956, 1960, 1962 - Breve biografia
- Robert Anson Heinlein was born in July 1907, in Missouri. A military career was ended by tuberculosis in 1934. After a brief attempt at politics, he became a hugely prolific science fiction author, writing novels and short stories until his death in 1988.Robert Anson Heinlein July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and retired Naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking. His work continues to have an influence on the science-fiction genre, and on modern culture more generally.
Heinlein became one of the first American science-fiction writers to break into mainstream magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s. He was one of the best-selling science-fiction novelists for many decades, and he, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke are often considered the "Big Three" of English-language science fiction authors. Notable Heinlein works include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers (which helped mold the space marine and mecha archetypes) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. His work sometimes had controversial aspects, such as plural marriage in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, militarism in Starship Troopers and technologically competent women characters that were strong and independent, yet often stereotypically feminine – such as Friday.
A writer also of numerous science-fiction short stories, Heinlein was one of a group of writers who came to prominence under the editorship (1937–1971) of John W. Campbell at Astounding Science Fiction magazine, though Heinlein denied that Campbell influenced his writing to any great degree.
Heinlein used his science fiction as a way to explore provocative social and political ideas, and to speculate how progress in science and engineering might shape the future of politics, race, religion, and sex. Within the framework of his science-fiction stories, Heinlein repeatedly addressed certain social themes: the importance of individual liberty and self-reliance, the nature of sexual relationships, the obligation individuals owe to their societies, the influence of organized religion on culture and government, and the tendency of society to repress nonconformist thought. He also speculated on the influence of space travel on human cultural practices.
Heinlein was named the first Science Fiction Writers Grand Master in 1974. Four of his novels won Hugo Awards. In addition, fifty years after publication, seven of his works were awarded "Retro Hugos"—awards given retrospectively for works that were published before the Hugo Awards came into existence. In his fiction, Heinlein coined terms that have become part of the English language, including grok, waldo and speculative fiction, as well as popularizing existing terms like "TANSTAAFL", "pay it forward", and "space marine". He also anticipated mechanical computer-aided design with "Drafting Dan" and described a modern version of a waterbed in his novel Beyond This Horizon. In the first chapter of the novel Space Cadet he anticipated the cell phone, 35 years before Motorola invented the technology. Several of Heinlein's works have been adapted for film and television.
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Certo, paragonato al Il Signore delle mosche si tratta di una visione molto più ottimista, Heinlein immagina una società dove certe competenze vengono date a livello scolastico e i pargoli allevati con un bagaglio di senso civico e coscienza governativa che ad averceli, saremmo noi la maggiore la potenza mondiale. Diciamo che ad oggi, sentire un diciassettenne che fa astute mosse politiche e pensa solo al matrimonio uccide un po' il mio senso di verosimiglianza.
Come per tutti gli altri suoi libri, anche questo va letto con le lenti del suo tempo, e alcune cose assumono un significato ben diverso: il ruolo femminile si sente, anche se con molte limitazioni: una delle protagoniste femminili è descritta come estremamente competente, ma nel momento di maggior pericolo viene comunque "messa al sicuro con le altre donne". Per nessuna di loro si mette in dubbio il matrimonio, anche la sorella del protagonista, con una solida carriera nell'esercito, sostiene di avere come obbiettivo nella vita "una fattoria e sei figli".
Allo stesso tempo Rod, il protagonista, viene prontamente sbugiardato non appena inizia a cianciare di superiorità maschile, con il suo stesso migliore amico che lo prende, pur bonariamente per scemo, e appunto, una sorella maggiore che lavora nell'esercito e ne sa molto più di lui.
Diciamo che forse, per il periodo, Heinlein era uno dei più progressisti, con il bonus extra che moltissimo dei suoi personaggi (inteso come come "protagonisti") non sono mai "caucasici", ma anzi, di etnie molto differenti e la cosa è gestita come assolutamente normale. Solo non sono sicura di quanto dei romanzi così lenti e densi di tecnicismi potrebbero essere apprezzati da un ragazzi del 2020.… (altro)