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   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, mn.humor   
   From: mstemper@walkabout.empros.com   
      
   In article <38715a50-bf31-41a0-bf9e-6843b2f65f12@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,   
   Robin Sullivan  writes:   
   >So I recently joined a SF/Fantasy Group and of course they talk about   
   >him a lot.  It is obvious he has a major influence on the genre -   
   >being that I'm not familiar with him - if I were to start - where do   
   >you suggest I begin?   
      
   I'd recommend either some of the juveniles that he wrote for Scribner's:   
     _Citizen of the Galaxy_   
     _Tunnel in the Sky_   
     _Have Spacesuit, Will Travel_   
   or else a collection of his short fiction:   
     _The Green Hills of Earth_   
     _The Menace From Earth_   
     _The Man Who Sold the Moon_   
      
   Maybe one from each category would be a good way to get your feet   
   wet. The collection _The Past Through Tomorrow_ contains a wide range   
   of his fiction, but it's rather large, so I wouldn't recommend it to   
   somebody who's not sure if she'd like his work.   
      
   Others have mentioned a divide between "Early Heinlein" and "Late   
   Heinlein". This is stylistically true, although somewhat deceptive,   
   since the two had a considerable period of overlap.   
      
   The works that I recommended above are all part of his early period.   
      
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   Michael F. Stemper   
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