Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction

Franklin, H. Bruce. Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction. New York: Oxford UP, 1980.

Esp. relevant for its discussions of Heinlein's Starship Troopers and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (110-24 and 162-70)—and for putting these works into the contexts of Heinlein's canon and of America in the 20th c. Includes a chronological biblio. of works by Heinlein through 1979 and an annotated "Selected List of Works about Robert A. Heinlein." An important work for the study of Heinlein's S. F.