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Title
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Robert A. Heinlein
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Description
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Information about Robert Anson Heinlein, or Robert Heinlein (1907-1988), a novelist often called "the Dean of Science Fiction," born in Butler, Missouri, and moving to Kansas City at a young age, graduating from Central High School at 3211 Indiana Avenue in 1924, and attending one year at Kansas City Junior College, before starting his writing career in 1939. Description of his life and career, writing over 40 novels, with some filmed as movies, including "Stranger in a Strange Land" (also a 1960s counterculture bible), "Starship Troopers," and "The Puppet Masters" (describing the distant future of Kansas City, with many specific places and streets).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Robert Heinlein
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Description
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The 34th World Science Fiction Convention was held in Kansas City, September 2-6, 1976 at the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel/Phillips House. The program book for the event includes a tribute to Robert Heinlein written by Isaac Asimov. Also includes a bibliography of Heinlein's works.
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Date
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1905-05-29
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Book Review: KC in a Science Fiction Future
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Description
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Illustration and book review of "Time Enough for Love" by former Kansas Citian author Robert Heinlein (born in Butler, Missouri in 1907) about "Lazarus Long, interstellar stud, possessor of the longevity gene," and native of Kansas City raised here "in the decade before World War I" (fictionally). Descriptions from the book of early twentieth century Kansas City (including Swope Park, Electric Park, and the park and boulevard system, etc.) with the end of the book set here as well.
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Date
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1974-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
