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Robert A. Heinlein (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Robert A. Heinlein was prolific in the science-fiction genre, producing many novels as well as several volumes of short stories. He also wrote a number of science-fiction novels for young adults and a handful of nonfiction pieces about science fiction or the future. In the 1950’s he worked as an adviser and occasional script writer for the television program Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, and he also worked on the screenplays for two films, Destination Moon (pr. 1950) and Project Moonbase (pr. 1953).

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