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Robert A. Heinlein

1907 - 1988

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Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert A. Heinlein has received more than 4,915,851 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Robert A. Heinlein is the 509th most popular writer (down from 484th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from United States (down from 489th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Writer.

Heinlein is most famous for his science fiction novels.

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  • 66.68

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  • 71

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  • 4.92

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  • 5.20

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Notable Works

Stranger in a Strange Land
1961
Podkayne of Mars
1963
Time Enough for Love
Fiction / Science Fiction / Time Travel, Fiction / Classics, Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
<b>The capstone and crowning achievement of  the Future History series,<i> </i>from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling Grand Master of Science Fiction...</b><br><br><i>Time Enough for Love </i>follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Heinlein's longest and most ambitious work, it is the story of a man so in love with Life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became his own ancestor.
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The Puppet Masters
1951
Orphans of the Sky
1963
Starship Troopers
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert A. Heinlein ranks 509 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Paine, Baldassare Castiglione, Philip Larkin, Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Anaïs Nin. After him are Statius, Alfred Jarry, Camille Flammarion, Gabriele Amorth, Isaac Babel, and Aulus Gellius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Robert A. Heinlein ranks 21. Before him are Rachel Carson, Frank Whittle, Junji Nishikawa, Jacques Tati, Lin Biao, and Hideki Yukawa. After him are Lars Ahlfors, Yang Shangkun, Bhagat Singh, Fred Zinnemann, John Bowlby, and Horst Wessel. Among people deceased in 1988, Robert A. Heinlein ranks 9. Before him are Richard Feynman, Nico, Ernst Ruska, Valery Legasov, Isidor Isaac Rabi, and Kurt Georg Kiesinger. After him are Chiang Ching-kuo, Chet Baker, Roy Orbison, Klaus Fuchs, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Trevor Howard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Heinlein ranks 516 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Katherine Johnson (1918), William P. Murphy (1892), and Kurt Russell (1951). After him are Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), Christopher Reeve (1952), Carroll Shelby (1923), and Sydney Pollack (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert A. Heinlein ranks 47. Before him are Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Susan Sontag (1933), Jack Kerouac (1922), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Patricia Highsmith (1921), and George R. R. Martin (1948). After him are Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), and T. S. Eliot (1888).

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