He is generally considered the greatest and most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century. Heinlein (1907-1988), often called the Science Fiction Grand Master, was the author of such ground-breaking novels as STARSHIP TROOPERS, RED PLANET, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. "One of the grand masters of science fiction." That, combined with his outstanding skill as a writer and engineer-inventor, produces books that are often years ahead of their time." "Heinlein… has the ability to see technologies just around the bend. "Heinlein wears imagination as though it were his private suit of clothes." "One of the most influential writers in American Literature." "There is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein." "Not only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world … remains today as a sort of trademark for all that is finest in American imaginative fiction." The story "All You Zombies-" is the basis for PREDESTINATION from Sony Pictures, just released in the US on January 9, 2015, starring Ethan Hawke, directed and written by the Spierig Brothers. Heinlein's brilliance and diverse talents are on display in this collection of five short stories that range from mind-twisters ("All You Zombies-"), paranoia and surprise ("They-"), hilarious engineering conundrums ("-And They Built a Crooked House"), fantasies ("Our Fair City), and the beautiful, heart-breaking "The Man Who Travelled in Elephants".
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