The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana: Amazon.ca: J. Neil Schulman, Brad Linaweaver: Books

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Virginia Heinlein, editor, Grumbles from the Grave

This is the longest interview Robert ever gave. Should be on the shelves of everyone interested in science fiction.

Darryl Kenning, Reading For Pleasure

The interview with RAH is the crown jewel of the book. Worth reading, worth rereading, worth keeping to read again."

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1.0 out of 5 stars Spend your money on RAH's works instead, Dec 30 2003

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This review is from: The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana (Paperback)

I consider Robert Heinlein one of the great moral and intellectual guides in my life. His science fiction and essays were guideposts as I grew up. However, I can't recommend J. Neil Schulman's compilation of his interactions with RAH.

The book is rife with typos and is printed in a typeface big enough to qualify for a "Large Print Edition," stamp. ... I should have realized the amateur quality of the publication from the cover photo: a snapshot taken in dim light without a flash. The publisher couldn't even make the effort to color-correct the picture.

Most of the content is Schulman name-dropping and pushing a Libertarian agenda. Not that Libertarianism is a bad thing, it's just Schulman harps on it relentlessly. The foreword by Brad Linaweaver, another flaming Libertarian, intimates that Schulman is a master author, only reined in by Organized Media because of his hard-hitting, challenging, Libertarian-based efforts. If the work in this book is any indication of Schulman's other writing, it isn't a Libertarian stance that's holding him back, it's talent.

The Q&A interview between Schulman and RAH show, to an embarrassingly degree, how shallow Schulman's questions were. Many read like something Comic Book Guy from "The Simpson's" would ask. Granted, Schulman was in his early 20s when he conducted the interview, but most of the interview devolves down to political discussions with a tolerant old man showing a vertically-educated young turk how to think beyond his narrow outlook.

Sadly, you won't get much insight into RAH's thoughts on writing or his creative process; Schulman's too busy asking RAH what he thinks life will be like in a 24th Century inhabited by Lazarus Long.

Spend your money on RAH's own works and you'll get a much better idea of what the man was like and what he thought.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Essential for Heinlein Fans, July 20 2003

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C. Baker "cbaker" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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Obviously any Heinlein fanatic like myself should own this book. The interview is very interesting and adds some insight to what Heinlein was really like. The draw back is, in both the filler material and to some extent the interview, Schulman has a political axe to grind. This detracted from the interview and other material in the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Heinlein Fans, Jan 4 2004

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R. Getman (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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A superb interview plus fine reviews. Mrs. Heinlein is right. This interview is done with intelligence and intellectuality combined with a deep knowledge of and love for the subject (RAH's oeuvre and by implication RAH). It is an interview worthy of Heinlein, whose depth of thought is underappreciated. It was a great pleasure to read.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not much insight on Heinlein
Not recommended unless you are interested in hearing Schulman expound on the virtues of libertarianism. Read more

Published on Jun 18 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable for Heinlein Afficionados
The more Heinlein you read, the more you must read. Inevitably, your curiosity about who he was and how he became one of the world's most extraordinary writers begins to eat at... Read more

Published on May 18 2003 by Jack Landman