Robert Anson Heinlein
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| Born | Robert Anson Heinlein July 7, 1907 Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Died | May 8, 1988 (aged 80) Carmel, California, United States |
| Pen name | Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, Caleb Saunders, Simon York |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story author, essayist, screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
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| Period | 1939–1988 |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Robert Anson Heinlein (/ˈhaɪnlaɪn/; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", his controversial works continue to have an influential effect on the genre, and on modern culture more generally.
Heinlein became one of the first 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 science fiction authors. Among his most famous novels are the literary classic Stranger in a Strange Land,Starship Troopers, which helped create the space marine and mecha archetypes, and the libertarian novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
A notable writer of science-fiction short stories, Heinlein was one of a group of writers who came to prominence under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr. at his Astounding Science Fiction magazine—though Heinlein denied that Campbell influenced his writing to any great degree.
Within the framework of his science-fiction stories, Heinlein repeatedly addressed certain social themes: the importance of individual liberty and self-reliance, 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.
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