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Before we delve into Robert Heinlein's famous works, let's look at an overview of his writing career and the philosophical ideals he ...

Frank Herbert's epic novel Dune began as a photograph of the Oregon coastline--literally, the dunes themselves. From there it ...

How do we cope with a crowded world we as humans were never evolutionarily designed for? Stand on Zanzibar was written in ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein launched the entire genre of science fiction. What made it unique? What did Shelley create, and how ...

Arthur C. Clarke is well known for his work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, but even more importantly he ventured into writing novels ...

What makes 1984 still relevant to modern readers is that it serves as a warning against fascism in all its possible forms. George ...

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H.G. Wells brought his socialist perspective to science fiction, creating great works that really ask us to look at where the human ...

The Canals of Mars ignited so many imaginations, especially in science fiction stories, but they never really existed. What made us ...

Ray Bradbury not only cautions against censorship (the primary theme of Fahrenheit 451), but offers interesting commentary on ...

J. R. R. Tolkien wasn't *just* a fantasy author--he was a mythology master. As a result, he ended up inventing some of the most ...

Isaac Asimov didn't have a birthday. Nobody knew the exact date of his birth, so he picked one for himself at a young age--and ...

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a book about cycles and violence--about the cost of progress. But it is also about the persistence of ...

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel "Player Piano" explores the long-term consequences of mandatory mechanization and automation, ...

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