Robert A. Heinlein - Фильмы

Роберт Энсон Хайнлайн (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's literary standards of quality. He was one of the first writers to break into mainstream, генерал magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, в the late 1940s, with unvarnished фантастика. He was among the first authors of бестселлеров, Роман-length science fiction in the modern mass-market era. For many years, Хайнлайн, Айзек Азимов, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. Хайнлайн was a notable writer of science fiction short stories, and he was one of a group of writers who were ухоженное in their writing by John W. Campbell, Jr. the editor of Astounding magazine—though Хайнлайн himself denied that Кэмпбелл influenced his writing to any great degree. Within the framework of his science fiction stories, Хайнлайн repeatedly integrated recognizable социальные темы: The importance of individual liberty and self-reliance, the obligation individuals to owe their societies, the influence of organized religion on culture and government, and the tendency of society to repress non-conformist thought. He also examined the relationship between physical and emotional love, explored various неортодоксальные family structures, and speculated on the influence of space travel on human cultural practices. Его иконоборческое approach to these themes led to wildly divergent perceptions of his works and attempts to place взаимоисключающими contradictory labels on his work. His 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land put him in the unexpected role of a pied piper of the sexual revolution, and of the counterculture, and through this book he was with кредит popularizing the notion of polyamory. Хайнлайн вон Hugo Awards for four of his novels; in addition, fifty years after publication, three of his works were awarded "ретро Гюго"—awards given retrospectively for years in which Hugo Awards had not been awarded. He also won the first Grand Master Award given by the Science Fiction Writers of America for his lifetime achievement. In his фантастика, Хайнлайн придуман words that have become part of the English language, including "обращал внимания" и "Вальдо", and popularized the term "TANSTAAFL".