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Heinlein

Heinlein

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An American science fiction writer who influences many other writers
  • proper noun
  • /ˈhaɪnlaɪn/
: Heinlein
  • In Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein even tried to argue that radiation is "good for us."
  • Robert Heinlein
  • Heinlein defines science fiction
  • writer Heinlein

You have to look at Larry Niven and Robert Heinlein and and those people.

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Examples

  • However, Heinlein and his fans weren't the only ones suggesting or advocating new ways of looking at relationships.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For a time, Clarke was considered, along with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, one of the top three science fiction writers in the world.

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  • I read that you were a Heinlein fan growing up.

  • Actually, it was Robert Heinlein, in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

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  • According to Robert Heinlein, noted author, "An armed society is a polite society."

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  • In 1961, American science fiction writer Robert Heinlein wrote a novel entitled Stranger in a Strange Land.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Have any of you read Robert A. Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"?

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  • I start reading Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and Andre Norton.

  • Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers is a blatant rip-off... of The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein.

  • One of my favorite books is a classic by Heinlein called "Stranger in a Strange Land."

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Etymology

Heinlein comes from German and used to mean 'little Hein', where Hein is a short form of Heinrich, like the English name Henry. So thinking of Heinlein as 'little Henry' can help you remember the famous science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein.