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The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Hardcover)
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The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Hardcover)
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Robert A. Heinlein began publishing in the 1940s at the dawn of the
Golden Age of science fiction, and today he is considered one of
the genre's 'big three' alongside Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac
Asimov. His short stories were instrumental in developing its
structure and rhetoric, while novels such as Stranger in a Strange
Land and Starship Troopers demonstrated that such writing could be
a vehicle for political argument. Heinlein's influence remains
strong, but his legacy is fiercely contested. His vision of the
future was sometimes radical, sometimes deeply conservative, and
arguments have flared up recently about which faction has the most
significant claim on his ideas. In this major critical study, Hugo
Award-winner Farah Mendlesohn carries out a close reading of
Heinlein's work, including unpublished stories, essays, and
speeches. It sets out not to interpret a single book, but to think
through the arguments Heinlein made over a lifetime about the
nature of science fiction, about American politics, and about
himself.
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