The Wit and Wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein, author of multiple New York Times best sellers, on subjects ranging form Crime and Punishment to the Love life of the American Teenager; from Nuclear Power to the Pragmatics of Patriotism; from Prophecy to Destiny; from Geopolitic to Post-Holocaust America; fro the Nature of Courage to the Nature of Reality; it's all here and it's all great-straight from the mind of the finest science fiction writer of them all. But beware: after reading it, you too will occupy an Expanded Universe!
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A fictional account of America's rise to prominence is supplemented by expository essays expressing the distinguished science-fiction writer's opinions on such diversified subjects as crime, nuclear power, teenagers' sex lives, and patriotism, in a new edition of the classic work by the author of Stranger in a Strange Land. Reprint.
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Von Raymond D. Curry
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This is an superior collection of fiction and non-fiction. Two fiction and two non-fiction pieces deserve note.
"Solution Unsatisfactory" is probably the finest piece of prophecy in science fiction. The story, written in 1940, predicts the ending of WW II by the use of an atomic weapon and the start of a nuclear standoff shortly thereafter. He get the details wrong of course, the atomic weapon is radiated dust, the city Berlin, and the cold war is between Germany and the United States, but the foresight is uncanny.
"Blowups Happen", also written in 1940, shows the tension of working in a nuclear power plant and what happens when an accident happens. Any similarity between this story and three-mile island is purely coincidental.
I gave this book to a friend who had never read any science fiction and after reading it, she swore Heinlein was a time-traveler.
The two nonfiction pieces, "PRAVDA means TRUTH" and "Inside Intourist". Both pieces are taken from a trip Heinlein and his wife took to the Soviet Union in 1960. Heinlein's observations about life in the Soviet Union at that time are both entertaining and enlightening.
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I like reading Heinlein a lot. I've read his books for 30 years. I love Stranger in a Strange Land, Door unto the Summer, All You Zombies, Podkaine, etc...
I've known about Heinlein's militaristic and nationalistic tendencies, of course.
But this anthology beats it all in narrow-minded militarism and scienticism. Most of the short stories are barely readable, but the essays are awful. Sometimes clever, and with quite striking ideas, but awful all the same in their terrible ideology. If you don't know Heinlein, this is not a good idea to begin with his book. And if know and like his work, and want to keep on appreciate it, avoid this book by all means.
I've known about Heinlein's militaristic and nationalistic tendencies, of course.
But this anthology beats it all in narrow-minded militarism and scienticism. Most of the short stories are barely readable, but the essays are awful. Sometimes clever, and with quite striking ideas, but awful all the same in their terrible ideology. If you don't know Heinlein, this is not a good idea to begin with his book. And if know and like his work, and want to keep on appreciate it, avoid this book by all means.
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Yet another work of art from Heinlein himself. I've read some other novels by him (Starship Troopers, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Red Planet) and this one is great! It's like driving through the brain of a mental patiant. With great works of sci fi and old stories.. It's fun to read over and over again.
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R.A.H.-The best Sci-Fi writer of all time.
Expanded Universe is a dynamite collection of some of the best Science Fiction stories ever. Heinlein really opens your eyes to the dangers of the world's present situation. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. März 1998 veröffentlicht
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unofficial subtitle, Heinlein ... for Dummies.
Have you ever wanted to go to Europe and just wander around? See what Europe really is? Have you ever gotten "accidentally" lost from the cheesy package tour of all the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. September 1997 veröffentlicht
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