The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312875576 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Excellent stories, *but*" according to Allan Rousselle. These are some of my favorite stories by RAH. "All You Zombies", "They", and "Hoag" are particular favorites.Caveat emptor, however: this is merely a repackaging of two paperback collections: Waldo and Magic, Inc. and The Unpleasant Profession of Johnathan Hoag (also sometimes published as 6xH). If you can find those two volumes, you'll save yourself a few bucks. "The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein" according to Amazon Customer. received item on time and in good condition. would do business with them again.. The Fantasies of Robert A Heinlein Dr. Leo Phillips This collection typifies the clarity and style that has been Heinlein's catch cry since I first started reading him at about 10 years of age in the mid 60's. He displays that warmth of character and vividness of scenery captured in a succint yet wholly real portrait. Many of the stories are old favourites, though some have eluded my collection. The forthright na
These stories feel a bit old-fashioned, but no one ignited the sense of wonder in readers better than Heinlein. Heinlein (1907-1988) was one of the most influential SF writers of any era (four of his 31 novels won Hugos, and he was the first to receive the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award). The stories, originally published in the 1940s and '50s, showcase Heinlein's science-fictional approach to fantasy. The setting is the USA, sometimes in the mid-20th century, sometimes in a near future, always featuri
His fantasies were convincingly set in the real world, particularly those published in the famous magazine Unknown Worlds, including such stories as "Magic, Inc.," "'They--,'" and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag." Now all of Heinlein's best fantasy short stories, most of them long novellas, have been collected in one big volume for the first time.. Robert A. The Golden Age of SF was also a time of revolution in fantasy fiction, and Heinlein was at the forefront. Heinlein, the dean of American SF writers, also wrote fantasy fiction throughout his long career, but especially in the early 1940s