Two Articles on Robert Heinlein
Jul 10th, 2007
by John Ottinger III.
Two great articles at National Review on Robert Heinlein, author of Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers.
First, a transcript of Heinlein, in latter life a libertarian conservative, on Edward Murrow’s 1950’s radio show “This I Believe”. “I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.”
This article is being discussed at WORLDmagblog.
Secondly, John J. Miller’s excellent piece in the same magazine. Unfortunately, a subscription is required to read the article.
“When Robert A. Heinlein opened his Colorado Springs newspaper on April 5, 1958, he read a full-page ad demanding that the Eisenhower administration stop testing nuclear weapons. The science-fiction author was flabbergasted….
Starship Troopers was published the next year, and it quickly became perhaps the most controversial sci-fi tale of all time. Critics labeled Heinlein everything from a Nazi to a racist.
Related posts:
- Book Review: Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
- Book Review: Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein
- Book Review: Orphanage by Robert Buettner
- Book Review: Orphan’s Destiny by Robert Buettner
- Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Posted in: Science Fiction.
