Robert A. Heinlein

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Robert A. Heinlein

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1897-1988

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Robert Anson Heinlein is one of several authors given the name of Father of Science Fiction, and alongside Asimoc and Clark, called one of the "Big 3" of science fiction authors. His attention to scientific accuracy made him a pioneer of hard scifi specifically. He won four Hugos and seven retro Hugos. While he is criticized for his militarism, his writing explicitly rejected racism. He published under John W. Campbell, Jr. in the Golden Age of SF.
His most famous works are the novels Space Cadet and Starship Troopers and his Future History stories.

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