"Robert A. Heinlein - Grumbles from the grave (Non Fiction)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert A)

During his lifetime, Robert received many honors, including four Hugo
awards for the best novel of the year. The books so honored were: Double
Star (1956), Star-ship Troopers (1959), Stranger in a Strange Land (1962),
and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966). He was also the recipient of the
first Grand Master Nebula Award from the Science Fiction Writers of
America. There were also many other awards: The Sequoyah Award, given
by the Children of Oklahoma for the best children’s novel of the year (Have
Space Suit—Will Travel); many awards for the blood drives we did;

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Tomorrow Starts Here, given by Delta Vee, Inc.; Robert perennially won first
rank among popular writers in the Locus inquiries. But the thing
which pleased him most, it seemed, was being invited to be a Forrestal
Lecturer at his alma mater in 1972.
In October 1988, I was asked to come to Washington, D.C., to receive, on
Robert’s behalf, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. My greatest regret is
that he could not have known of that.

CHAPTER I

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IN THE BEGINNING
April 10, 1939: Robert A. Heinlein to John W. Campbell, Jr.
I am submitting the enclosed short story “Life-Line” for either Astounding or
Unknown, because I am not sure which policy it fits the better.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Robert always told the following story when asked how he
began writing. He had seen an ad in one of the pulp science fiction
magazines, offering $50.00 for the best story by a beginning writer. He wrote
‘ ‘Life-Line, “ then decided that it was too good for that particular magazine.
So he sent it to John W. Campbell, Jr., who had been editing Astounding for
approximately two years at that time. Campbell was always looking for new
talent and apparently recognized it in Robert’s first work. Robert claimed that
he took a look at the check for ‘ ‘Life-Line” and said, “How long has this
racket been going on?” His second story was also accepted, after some
revisions. Thereafter it was some months before Campbell accepted another
story.
Robert was one of a group of writers whose work is now called .”The Golden
Age of Science Fiction. “ John Campbell helped his writers along with
suggestions and brought them along to make Astounding the foremost
science fiction pulp magazine of the time.

April 19, 1939: John W. Campbell, Jr. to Robert A. Heinlein
... I Jike your story, “Life-Line,” and plan to take it at our regular rate of 1 cent
a word, or $70.00 for your manuscript.

August 25, 1939: John W. Campbell, Jr. to Robert A. Heinlein
At about this time you should receive our check for $310.00 for “—Vine and
Fig Tree—“ (“If This Goes On—“)—which title will have to be changed to give