Robert Heinlein is one of the three founding fathers of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Grandmaster of the Nebula Award and multiple winner of the Hugo Award . Most Influential, Titled, Popular, and Controversial Author. Heinlein is the creator of such books as the lyrical and romantic “Door to Summer”, the militaristic and conservative novel “Starship Troopers” and the humanistic “Stranger in a Strange Land”, which has become a kind of Bible of the hippie era. Here is an autobiography in which Heinlein appears as a living person, with all his passions and conflicts. His personal life, political, social and religious views will open up. You will follow the creative process and the evolution of style, get mastery lessons from the greatest science fiction writer. The book was carefully compiled from the author's personal correspondence with editors, agents, friends, and fellow science fiction writers, and edited by the writer's wife, Virginia Heinlein. Also added is a short biography, essays, unpublished fragments from novels, bibliography, comments by the translator and editor of C. In. Gold. “This book really reveals the soul of the most popular science fiction author.” — Library Journal ""Mastkhev" for every Heinlein fan!" — Amazon. com