Popularly known as ‘Dean of Science Fiction Writers’, Robert A Heinlein was one of the most influential and controversial authors, who broke the realms and scaled the genre of science fiction writing to newer heights. He set a standard for scientific and engineering credibility and enhanced the quality of the genre impeccably. Together with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, he was one of the ‘Big Three’ of science fiction authors. In his lifetime, Heinlein published 32 novels, 59 short stories, and 16 collections. Interestingly, his stories did not just revolve around science fiction and instead addressed social themes like the importance of liberation, self-reliance, the influence of organized religion on culture and government and the tendency of society to repress nonconformist thought.
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