Books by William H. Patterson Jr.
Robert A. Heinlein, Vol 1: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve (2010)
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review 1: Heinlein was one of those great science fiction writers of the 20th century who pointed out the way to the future. Heinlein wanted to confront the future on his own terms, grasping it by the throat. A writer of great courage and curiosity, he is thoroughly delineated in this mass...
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review 1: OK, so I read volume 1 after I read volume 2. This one takes Heinlein up till 1948, when he marries his third wife, Virginia. Heinlein washes out of the Navy as a young man because of tuberculosis, and tries his hands in politics in California. He's very liberal, and is actually ...