Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master

Robert A. Heinlein

Macmillan, Aug 15, 1994 - Fiction - 341 pages

Requiem is a compelling celebration of Robert A. Heinlein and his vision, containing many new and uncollected works by the Grand Master of science fiction, including two major novellas: Destination Moon, which was made into the famous George Pal film, and Tenderfoot in Space. There are contributions from such luminaries as Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Spider Robinson, and Gordon R. Dickson, as well as an introduction by Virginia Heinlein.

Heinlein was the pre-eminent science fiction writer of the twentieth century. Requiem reveals the story of Heinlein's passion for space exploration-his glory and his dream.

Contents

• REQUIEM: 11
• A TENDERFOOT IN SPACE: 32
• DESTINATION MOON: 95
• SHOOTING DESTINATION MOON: 161
• THE WITCHS DAUGHTERS: 179
• THE BULLETIN BOARD: 181
• POOR DADDY: 196
• GUEST OF HONOR SPEECH AT THE THIRD WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONDENVER 1941: 205
• GUEST OF HONOR SPEECH AT THE XIXth WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONSEATTLE 1961: 224
• RIO DE JANEIRO MOVIE FESTIVAL 1969: 261
• GUEST OF HONOR SPEECH AT THE XXXIVth WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONKANSAS CITY 1976: 269
• NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM HEINLEIN RETROSPECTIVE6 OCTOBER 1988: 281
• NASA MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE FOR ROBERT A HEINLEIN: 284
• TOM CLANCY: 287
• L SPRAGUE DE CAMP: 291
• JERRY POURNELLE: 295
• CHARLES SHEFFIELD: 298
• JON MCBRIDE: 303
• CATHERINE CROOK DE CAMP: 305
• TETSU YANO: 309
• TRIBUTES TO ROBERT A HEINLEIN: 311
• A MEMOIR: 313
• JIM BAENS RAH STORY: 325
• REMEMBERING ROBERT HEINLEIN: 329
• RECALLING ROBERT ANSON HEINLEIN: 334
• ROBERT HEINLEIN: 337
• ROBERT HEINLEIN: 342
• ROBERT A HEINLEIN AND US: 351
• THE RETURN OF WILLIAM PROXMIRE: 355
• RAH RAH RAH: 368
• ROBERT: 398
• HEINLEIN: 413
• THANK YOU: 421
• WHO WAS ROBERT HEINLEIN?: 427
• FAREWELL TO THE MASTER: 432

About the author

Robert Anson Heinlein was educated at the University of Missouri and the U.S. Naval Academy. After serving as a naval officer for five years, he retired for health reasons and began publishing SF in 1939. Considered the dean of American SF writers, Heinlein was loved and emulated during the half century that he wrote SF. He wrote dozens of novels and short stories, including "Double Star, Stranger in a Strange Land," and" The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, " all of which won Hugo Awards. Heinlein was the recipient of the First Grand Master Nebula in 1975, and he was the guest of honor at three World SF Conventions: in 1941, 1961, and 1976. He has repeatedly been voted "best all-time author" in readers' polls. Robert A. Heinlein passed away in 1988.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master; Tom Doherty Associates book; Tor science fiction
• Author: Robert A. Heinlein
• Editor: Yoji Kondo
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1994
• ISBN: 0812513916, 9780812513912
• Length: 341 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage