Expanded Universe

the Wit And Wisdom Of Robert A. Heinlein, Author Of Multiple New York Times Best Sellers, On Subjects Ranging Form Crime And Punishment To The Love Life Of The American Teenager; From Nuclear Power To The Pragmatics Of Patriotism; From Prophecy To Destiny; From Geopolitic To Post-holocaust America; Fro The Nature Of Courage To The Nature Of Reality; It's All Here And It's All Great-straight From The Mind Of The Finest Science Fiction Writer Of Them All. But Beware: After Reading It, You Too Will Occupy An Expanded Universe! library Journal from Life-line (1939), One Of His Earliest Works, To A Tale Of Adventure On The Moon (nothing Ever Happens On The Moon), This Collection Demonstrates The Formidable Talent And Irascible Perceptions Of One Of The Genre's Most Outspoken Writers. Including Essays On Science As Well As Discourses On The Craft Of Writing, This Volume, A Reissue Of The Worlds Of Robert A. Heinlein (1966), Belongs In Most Libraries Desiring A Comprehensive Collection Of The Author's Works. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. Very relevant to current events. This is a collection of Heinlein’s SF stories, other stories, and articles, beginning with his first SF story in 1939, and including stories & articles through the 1970s. Most have been previously published. In this collection, published in 1980, Heinlein provides a foreword to each story and article, to place them in context, both in terms of personal circumstances, thoughts, and the broader context of science & technology, WWII, and the development and use of catastrophic weapons of war. The underlying themes of science, technology, and war, and how we humans respond to these, make Heinlein's stories and articles timeless, and very relevant to the current times. "The Wit and Wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein, author of multiple New York Times best sellers, on subjects ranging from Crime and Punishment to the Love life of the American Teenager; from Nuclear Power to the Pragmatics of Patriotism; from Prophecy to Destiny; from Geopolitics to Post-Holocaust America; from the Nature of Courage to the Nature of Reality; it's all here and it's all great - straight from the mind of the finest science fiction writer of them all."--Jacket This text offers a mix of wit and wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein on subjects ranging from crime and punishment to nuclearm power, from pragmatics of patriotism to post holocaust America; from the nature of courage to the nature of reality.