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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780312875572 ISBN: 0312875576 Label: Tor Books Manufacturer: Tor Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: May 17, 2002 Publisher: Tor Books Studio: Tor Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was one of the most influential SF writers of any era (four of his 31 novels won Hugos, and he was the first to receive the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award). The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein gives newer SF readers and fans a less-known side of his work and opportunity to savor crisp sentences filled with telling detail, sardonic observations of character, and engrossing tales. The stories, originally published in the 1940s and '50s, showcase Heinlein's science-fictional approach to fantasy. Though magic works and the supernatural underlies ordinary life, the reader is always firmly anchored in a lawful reality. The setting is the USA, sometimes in the mid-20th century, sometimes in a near future, always featuring very American characters. It's just that the salesman sells elephants and encounters fictional characters and ghosts ("The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"), the reporter covers a sentient whirlwind that collects old newspaper ("Our Fair City"), and the bartender is a time-traveling recruiter ("All You Zombies"). The ambitious, young California architect builds a house where doors and windows open on many places--but not to the outside he came in from ("And He Built a Crooked House"). And the paranoid patient's reality is saner than you think ("They"). The three novellas: "Magic, Inc.," "Waldo," and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" are vintage Heinlein; the last is a Lovecraftian tale of an amnesiac who hires PIs to find out what he does all day--what they uncover isn't illegal but is supernaturally evil, and Hoag is neither perpetrator nor victim. These stories feel a bit old-fashioned, but no one ignited the sense of wonder in readers better than Heinlein. This collection offers a golden opportunity to sample a master at his best. --Nona Vero Product Description: Robert A. Heinlein, the dean of American SF writers, also wrote fantasy fiction throughout his long career, but especially in the early 1940s. The Golden Age of SF was also a time of revolution in fantasy fiction, and Heinlein was at the forefront. His fantasies were convincingly set in the real world, particularly those published in the famous magazine Unknown Worlds, including such stories as "Magic, Inc.," "'They--,'" and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag." Now all of Heinlein's best fantasy short stories, most of them long novellas, have been collected in one big volume for the first time. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - These are destined to become true masterpieces!"The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein" is a collection of stories. The worst of these is very good. Robert Heinlein was a master of science fiction writing. His fantasies are even more masterful! One piece of advice. Do not read them all at once. They are best if savored, one at a time, over a few weeks. "Waldo" brought a new word to the American-English language. I believe Waldoes are still used. Many of today's robots (There are many more than you think.) had their basis in ... Read More Rating:  - Not Free SF ReaderThis leads off with the excellent long novella Magic, Inc. and adds some other bits and pieces, with Waldo and All You Zombies being of most interest, and in fact a lot of people probably will call the latter two science fiction I would think. Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein : Magic Inc. - Robert A. Heinlein Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein : And He Built a Crooked House - Robert A. Heinlein Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein : They - Robert A. Heinlein Fantasies of Robert ... Read More Rating:  - The Fantasies of Robert A HeinleinThis collection typifies the clarity and style that has been Heinlein's catch cry since I first started reading him at about 10 years of age in the mid 60's. He displays that warmth of character and vividness of scenery captured in a succint yet wholly real portrait. Many of the stories are old favourites, though some have eluded my collection. The forthright nature of his opinions, though dated, are still refereshing to hear enunciated once more. In truth the SF world has truly lost a great figure ... Read More Rating:  - Thumbs DownHeinlein, best known for his science fiction, was over his head in the fantasy genre. He has many die-hard fans that are loath to criticize any of his stories, but believe me, the fantasy is second rate at best. Try Jack Vances Lyonesse trilogy for high fantasy at its best. Rating: - Heinlein, a Master of FantasyRobert A. Heinlein is considered one of the greatest, most influential writers of all time in the genre of Science Fiction. He was a master of weaving fantastical tales of wonder and depth that often left the reader reflecting upon its social relevance to society as a whole. He had the ability to blend elements of both Science Fiction and Fantasy to create imaginative new worlds that were drastically different, yet strikingly similar to our own world. Though Heinlein was chiefly known as a writer of SF, ... Read More 
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