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Free Download Thomas D. Clareson, "The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction "
English | ISBN: 078647498X | 2014 | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Robert A. Heinlein is generally recognized as the most important American science fiction writer of the 20th century. This is the first detailed critical examination of his entire career. It is not a biography-that is being done in a two-volume work by William Patterson. Instead, this book looks at each piece of fiction (and a few pieces of sf-related nonfiction) that Heinlein wrote, chronologically by date of publication, in order to consider what each contributes to his overall accomplishment. The aim is to be fair, to look clearly at the strengths and weaknesses of the writings that have inspired generations of readers and writers.

Free Download Laurence M. Janifer, "The Counterfeit Heinlein (Gerald Knave Science Fiction Novels)"
English | 2001 | pages: 180 | ISBN: 1587153440 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
"No one but Larry Janifer could have dreamed up a puzzle as intricate, a mystery as baffling, or a McGuffin as gloriously twisted as those contained in The Counterfeit Heinlein. Professional Survivor Gerald Knave, the future’s most civilized man, finds he must compete with the man who knows everything that can possibly be known, and the girl who knows everything else, to solve a crime that all agree makes absolutely no sense…while dodging gunfire from someone who seems to think it does. Robert A. Heinlein would have loved this book. In fact, maybe he wrote it, and the damn thing is actually a counterfeit Janifer. Whoever’s responsible is ingenious, elegant, learned, concise, witty and wise-you decide." -Spider Robinson

Free Download William H. Patterson Jr., "Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Vol. 1 – Learning Curve (1907-1948)"
English | 2010 | pages: 624 | ISBN: 0765319608, 0765319624 | EPUB | 1,7 mb
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is generally considered the greatest American SF writer of the 20th century. A famous and bestselling author in later life, he started as a navy man and graduate of Annapolis who was forced to retire because of tuberculosis. A socialist politician in the 1930s, he became one of the sources of Libertarian politics in the USA in his later years. His most famous works include the Future History series (stories and novels collected in The Past Through Tomorrow and continued in later novels), Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.