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Author Clareson, Thomas D.

Title The heritage of Heinlein : a critical reading of the fiction / Thomas D. Clareson and Joe Sanders ; foreword by Frederik Pohl.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  823.08 CLA    Check Shelf
Description ix, 221 pages ; 26 cm.
Series Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 42
Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 42.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index.
Contents A new calling: for us, the living -- Early professional writing -- Transitions -- The juveniles for Scribner's -- The "classic" period -- Stranger in a strange land -- The final period.
Summary "Many believe that Robert A. Heinlein was the most important American science fiction writer of the 20th century. This book looks at each piece of fiction (and a few pieces of sf-related nonfiction) that Heinlein wrote, chronologically by publication, in order to consider what each contributes to his overall accomplishment"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988. (OCoLC)fst00037871
Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Author Sanders, Joseph L.
ISBN 9780786474981 (softcover ; alk. paper)
078647498X (softcover ; alk. paper)
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