Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was
raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but
was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled
in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs
while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the
University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction
story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the
genre.
He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers
(1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh
Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both
short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series
charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping
human society from the present through several centuries into the
future.
Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science
fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback.
He continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased
to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time he
died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative
talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision,
unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five
decades, made a great impact on the American mind.
Praise for Starship Troopers
"Nothing has come along that can match it."-Science Fiction
Weekly
"A book that continues to resonate and influence to this day, and
one whose popularity and luster hasn't been dimmed despite decades
of imitations."-SF Reviews
"Heinlein's genius is at its height in this timeless classic that
is as meaningful today as when it was written...a fast-paced novel
that never gets preachy. This is a definite must-have, must-read
book."-SF Site
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