Grumbles from the Grave (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert A. Heinlein
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1907-1988
- Setting: Mainly California and Colorado
- Principal Characters: Robert Anson Heinlein, Virginia “Ginny” Heinlein, Lurton Blassingame, John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, World War II, Cats, Divorce, Money, Science fiction, Illustrators
- Locales: California, Colorado
The idea for a posthumous collection of his letters entitled Grumbles from the Grave was Robert A. Heinlein’s own; with characteristically self-deprecating wit he remarked to his agent in September, 1973, that this book was meant to be “a little bonus to Ginny [Virginia Heinlein] for all the years she has put up with my cantankerous ways. If published about a year after my death it should bring her some return.” Grumbles from the Grave is as much a gift to readers, fans, and scholars of Heinlein as it is a present to his wife, who successfully selected, presented,...
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