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Robert A. Heinlein
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| Name: | Robert Anson Heinlein |
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| Occupation: | Author |
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| Fan Website(s): | The Heinlein Society, Archived version |
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Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author. He is often considered as one of the Big Three of the Golden Age of English-speaking Science Fiction, alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. He also was a writer for various episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.
Heinlein coined the term to grok in his 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land.
In 1994, a crater on Mars was named after Heinlein.[1]
Fandom
Publications
Conventions
Heinlein was a Guest of Honor at a number of conventions including:
- Worldcon 3 - Denvention I (1941)
- Worldcon 19 - Seacon (1961)
- Worldcon 34 - MidAmeriCon (1976)
- ConClave II (1977)
- Space-Con 3 (1977)
- Worldcon 66 - Denvention 3 (2008) [as posthumous "Ghost of Honor"]
Archives & Resources
- Robert A. Heinlein works on the Ao3
- Robert A. Heinlein, Archived version article on Fancyclopedia
- Wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein