4 reviewed books
ReviewRobert Heinlein at One HundredIn this essay, originally published on the 100th anniversary of Robert Heinlein's birth, Ted Gioia looks back at this author's fascinating and often controversial career.→ReviewStranger in a Strange LandTwo years after his novel Starship Troopers, which incurred charges that he was a militarist, Heinlein offered up Stranger in a Strange Land, with its paean to free love. That's like attending West Point in the morning, and leading a protest at Berkeley in the afternoon...→ReviewThe Moon is a Harsh MistressNo matter how hard you try—and some folks have tried awfully hard—you can’t attach a simple label to Robert Heinlein’s sociopolitical views. Remember that this author won medals for fencing as a young man. You don't get those by staying in the same place for very long.→ReviewTime Enough for LoveTed Gioia on Time Enough for Love, Robert Heinlein's 1973 return to Lazarus Long, the man two thousand years old who first appeared in Astounding in 1941.→