Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 – 1988) is a well known commercial U.S. author of science fiction.
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science-fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and Naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking. His work continues to have an influence on the science-fiction genre, and on modern culture more generally.
Heinlein became one of the first American science-fiction writers to break into mainstream magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s. He was one of the best-selling science-fiction novelists for many decades, and he, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke are often considered the "Big Three" of English-language science fiction authors.
Notable Heinlein works include "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Starship Troopers" (which helped mold the space marine and mecha archetypes) and "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress." His work sometimes had controversial aspects, such as plural marriage in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", militarism in "Starship Troopers" and technologically competent women.
Heinlein was named the first "Science Fiction Writers Grand Master" in 1974. Four of his novels won "Hugo Awards". In addition, fifty years after publication, seven of his works were awarded "Retro Hugos"—awards given retrospectively for works that were published before the Hugo Awards came into existence. In his fiction, Heinlein coined terms that have become part of the English language, including grok, waldo and speculative fiction, as well as popularizing existing terms like "TANSTAAFL" ("There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"), "pay it forward", and "space marine". He also anticipated mechanical computer-aided design with "Drafting Dan" and described a modern version of a waterbed in his novel "Beyond This Horizon". In the first chapter of the novel "Space Cadet" he anticipated the cellular phone, 35 years before Motorola invented the technology. Several of Heinlein's works have been adapted for film and television.
Spanking in Heinlein's fiction
Heinlein's oeuvre includes several examples of spanking in science fiction.
Moderately extended and explicitly erotic M/F spanking scenes occur onstage in Glory Road (two threats and one actual spanking) and I Will Fear no Evil (the spankee claims to have experienced orgasm during the spanking).
There are threats and hints on three separate occasions in The Cat who walked through Walls.
The disciplinary spanking of children is mentioned several times in Time Enough for Love, and briefly in Double Star, The Rolling Stones, and Stranger in a Strange Land.
In several works, including The Puppet Masters, a man frustrated with a woman threatens to "paddle" her, but nothing more comes of it.
See also
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein ]
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