The Past Through Tomorrow Robert Heinlein’sThe Past Through Tomorrowwas a reading recommendation by a friend, who knew I liked science fiction and Heinlein’s work. It’s worth reading, but with 900 pages and small text, it took longer to get through than I expected. Written in the 1940s...
Heinlein RA. The man who sold the moon. In: The past through tomorrow. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005.Heilein,Robert A.The Man Who Sold the Moon. . 2000The Man Who Sold the Moon - Heinlein - 1950Heinlein, R., The Man Who Sold the Moon, Shasta, Chicago, IL, 1950.Heilein,Robert A....
8. “A generation which ignores history has no past – and nofuture.”– Robert A. Heinlein 9. “You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.”– Jawaharlal Nehru 10. “If you think you have it tough, read history books.”– Bill Maher His...
So far, we’re in the realm of an old Robert Heinlein “juvenile,” like Red Planet, say — but things quickly get psychedelic. The alien being possesses the power to enthrall its captives, and maintain them in a blissed-out, timeless state for — well, forever. Can Marty and Steve ...
of the anxiety is reflected also in bleakly downbeat stories whose nihilistic temper is most unusual for a pulp-descended genre; examples include Robert AHeinlein's "The Year of the Jackpot" (March 1952Galaxy), E CTubb's "Tomorrow" (1954Science Fantasy#8) and RobertSilverberg's "Road to...
[Robert A. Heinlein] 2. I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. [Thomas Jefferson]luxury, n. 1. the reward for someone’s hard work, enjoyed by the other members of his family. 2. the lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters...
Robert Heinlein (1907-1988), The Libertarian in the Lifeboat "Why I am not an Objectivist," by Michael Huemer[note] Return to "The Fallacies of Egoism and Altruism" The Post-Modern Left The Essential Anti-Communist Bibliography History of Philosophy ...
It has almost no relationship to the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, unlike the first Starship Troopers film, which was loosely based on the characters and storyline of the book. None of the characters from the original film appear in this sequel, although the actress Brenda ...
Heinlein said that “the price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.” How do you do that? As a wise man once said, “with heart, faith, and skill.” But it also helps to have a good rifle, the skill to wield it effective...
In his capacity as an editor, Campbell published some of the very earliest work, and helped shape the careers, of virtually every important sf author to debut between 1938 and 1946, including Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke. An increasingly strong ...