Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century
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Heinlein, Oscar Allen, Jr. (cousin) to ch.
Heinlein, Rex Ivar (brother)
appointment to United States Naval Academy
in the Army in World War II
childhood rivalry with RAH
graduation
joins Army, after graduation from Naval Academy
at the Naval Academy
parents’ favorite
RAH’s rivalry with
reconciliation with
rejected by RAH
ROTC member
vision problems
Heinlein, Rex Ivar (father)
“brought home on a shutter,”
depression of, leading to involutional melancholia
discipline rules
enlisted in the Spanish-American War
family background
finances of
funeral of
gifts from
gives RAH a hundred dollars
golden wedding anniversary
house purchase
occupation
political connections
psychologically shattered by Rose Elizabeth’s death
RAH’s letter to, asking to borrow money
visit to Annapolis
Heinlein, Robert Anson
(1907) birth
(1907) as child
(1914) enters school in first grade
(1916) first jobs, starting at age nine
(1919) high school years
(1920–1922) jobs as teen
(1923) hiking trip to Colorado
(1923) preparing for college
(1924) nominated to Annapolis
(1925) admitted to Annapolis Naval Academy
(1925) enters Naval Academy
(1925) Plebe Year
(1926) practice cruise
(1926) Youngster Year
(1927) Frenching Out incident, demerits, loss of leave, time in the brig, and aftermath
(1927) named CPO of regiment
(1927) practice cruise
(1927) Second Class Year
(1927) trip home to Kansas City
(1928) First Class Year
(1928) practice cruise
(1928) rated midshipman 2PO
(1929) rated midshipman 1PO
(1929) applies for Rhodes Scholarship
(1929) graduation from Naval Academy
(1929) receives commission
(1929) post-graduation return to Kansas City
(1929) marriage to Elinor Curry
(1929) on the Lexington
(1930) divorce from Elinor Curry
(1932) meets Leslyn MacDonald, and proposes marriage
(1932) weds Leslyn MacDonald
(1932) promoted to lieutenant, j.g.
(1932) on the Roper
(1933) tuberculosis treatment
(1934) forced retirement from Navy for medical reasons
(1934) visit to family in Kansas City
(1934) advanced degree work
(1934) volunteering for EPIC campaign
(1935) with the EPIC movement
(1935) lecture to West Hollywood Democratic Club
(1935) letter in Hollywood Citizen-News, signed “Lieut., U.S. Navy,”
(1935) purchase of house on Lookout Mountain in Los Angeles
(1936–1937) allegiances during EPIC fracturing
(1936) work in unifying the Democratic Party in California
(1938–1939) esoteric studies and first writings
(1938) runs for California 59th Assembly District seat
(1938) Democratic Party organizing
(1938) loses Democratic primary to a Republican
(1938) political disillusionment of, giving up on the Democratic Party
(1938) first steps getting into SF writing
(1939) memo re start of World War II
(1939) fight with and rejection of brother Rex Ivar
(1939) consultantship on oil conservation initiative
(1940) pays off mortgage on Lookout Mountain house on proceeds of sales from writing
(1940) road trip across country to New York
(1940) meets fans in New York
(1940) politics at Democratic National Convention of 1940
(1940) buys used car from Doc Smith
(1940) Christmas gifts to and from Leslyn
(1941) remodeling Lookout Mountain house, with studio
(1941) speech at Denver WorldCon
(1941) considers retiring from writing for pulps
(1941) support of Leslyn’s mother
(1941) possible recall into Navy service
(1941) asks for active duty assignment after Pearl Harbor attack
(1941) personal preparation for wartime duty
(1941) seeks Naval Reserve commission
(1942) offer of job at Aeronautical Materials Laboratory in Philadelphia
(1942) rents out Los Angeles house
(1942) wartime civilian employment for Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia
(1942) dislikes conditions at AML wartime job
(1943) evaluation and promotion at AML
(1943) wartime strains on marriage
(1943) interest in joining merchant marines
(1943) on medical leave in hospital without pay
(1944) realization of own unfitness for combat
(1944) considers resuming writing
(1945) thinks seriously about going back to writing
(1945) reaction to Hiroshima
(1945) resigns from NAES at war’s end
(1945) moon rocket project
(1945) final satisfactory year of wartime work
(1945) cross-country drive home to Los Angeles
(1945) return to Los Angeles after the war
(1945) relaxation in Murrieta Hot Springs Hotel, Murrieta, California
(1945) return to Hollywood house after renter vacated
(1946) work at Naval Aircraft Factory portrayed as boondoggle, in a Philadelphia paper exposé postwar
(1946) bans liquor from house and stops drinking
(1946) Ginny comes as house guest
(1947) copes with Leslyn’s drinking
(1947) divorce from Leslyn proposed
(1947) burning of personal papers
(1947) divorce from Leslyn not final
(1947) leaves Lookout Mountain house
(1947) trailer sought by
(1947) plans post-divorce
(1947) divorce from Leslyn finalized
(1947) trailer living with Ginny
(1948) New Orleans and Mardi Gras with Ginny
(1948) trip to D.C. without Ginny
(1948) trip to L.A. without Ginny, to discuss film projects
(1948) change of California voter registration address
(1948) relationship with parents and siblings in Los Angeles
(1948) collaboration with van Ronkel on film script
(1948) proposes marriage to Ginny in a letter
(1948) arrives in Colorado Springs to meet Ginny
(1948) marries Ginny in New Mexico
(1950) attempt to get security clearance
(1988) worldwide grief at death of
advice to himself
anti-racist upbringing
art classes taken by
athletic abilities and preferences at Annapolis
on authors’ sale of rights to own work
award for fencing
books as presents for his birthday given at WorldCon
boxing and wrestling requirement at Naval Academy
burning of papers (1947)
burning of papers (1987)
calm presentation of self to outside world during times of personal trouble
campaign biography for 1938 campaign
cats and dogs, attitude toward
a character in a roman à clef
character strength of
childhood memories
childlessness, reasons for
communism, attitude toward
considers becoming a Republican
dating (and hypnotizing dates)
dating at Annapolis
dating in high school
decision making, speed of
demerits at Naval Academy
discipline problem (political letter published in local paper) preventing wartime service
disciplining of, as child
divorce from Leslyn, emotions and stress from
divorce from Leslyn, friends’ responses to
emotional nature of
extracurricular activities at Naval Academy
extramarital affairs
fascination with the stars
feminist, anti-sexist, and women’s rights advocate
on fencing team at Annapolis
film project ideas
financial straits after divorce from Leslyn
financial straits after forced retirement
financial straits at Naval Academy
financial straits during World War II
in fire control assignment
flight qualifying exams, fails
gallantry, attitude toward
getting out of science fiction, according to Leslyn’s rumor-mongering
grades and class standing at Naval Academy
graduate degree pursuit, rethought and rejected
haircuts
as hazer or discipliner
hero worship tendency
in high school, not liked
high school subjects
honesty of, in not hiding falsified test results
house guests of
house in Los Angeles. See Los Angeles
hypocrisy, attitude toward
ice skating hobby
illumination of, when researching new ideas
independent attitude of, as child
as intellectual father to readers worldwide
internationalism of
interviews with
learns about justice, discipline, and punishment on board ship
legal counsel for accused seamen
and Leslyn, post-divorce
and Leslyn’s drinking, obliviousness to
letters to and from home while at Annapolis
letter to father about financial straits at Naval Academy
life modeling by
and marriage, attitude toward
medal for Expert Rifleman and Expert Pistol Shot
medical career wished for, by parents
meeting people and getting to know them
mid-life self-assessment
military interests and involvement
military pay in retirement
mining venture in Colorado
monetary theory of
monikers “Bobby” vs. “Bob” vs. “Robert,”
moral and legal issues re cohabitation with Ginny
as moralist
motion picture contract conflict
mystical experiences starting in childhood
Navy service number (0-62624)
nudist activity
odd jobs and money-raising schemes as teen
one-track mind of, when writing
open marriage of, with Leslyn
outsider status, coping with
painting hobby
philosophy of, expressed in letters to Armand Coign
photography club membership
as platoon leader at Annapolis
political activities of, post-War
political campaigning
political involvement, attitudes and psychological constitution toward
political leanings of, as radical liberal
political leanings of, not a conservative or rightist
political platform
politicized by class warfare in Southern California
post-war world, view of
pragmatic socialist outlook
prejudice lacking in
progressive and unorthodox ideas of, development of in teen years
as a public figure
public speaking by
reading, love of
reading habits of
as real estate salesman
recognition of own oddity
relationship with Ginny
relationship with Mary Briggs
relationship with mother
religious background and upbringing
religious disbelief and skepticism
research of new subjects
rifle and pistol practice
roommate’s write-up of, for the Naval Academy class yearbook
science fiction reading
as a science fiction writer, with aspirations to be more than that
sculpture hobby
self-assessment
self-discipline of
self-presentation, problems with
sexual attitudes
sexual relations
social movements influenced by
social outsider at Annapolis
social skills training at Annapolis
spirituality of
stammering problem
theater endeavours at Annapolis
theater endeavours in high school
tooth knocked out by an irate husband
travel lust
typing skills, self-taught
virginity, lost to a grandmother
volunteerism of
writing career, as business
writing course at Naval Academy (Major-Browning class)
writing methods
Heinlein, Robert Anson, health
bladder cysts
cold, influenza, and sinus infection
deterioration in wartime job
exercise prescribed
eye and vision problems
eyesight poor
gains weight and muscle after Plebe summer
gonorrhea, suspected but disproved
hemorrhoids and operation
kidney ailment
medical problems impeding wartime active duty
mental stress, medical attention for
physical, mental, spiritual deterioration as result of wartime overwork
physical examination before entering Naval Academy
prostatitis
pulmonary tuberculosis
removed from high-altitude testing
seasickness
sedative prescribed for
sinusitis
underweight
unfitness for combat
urethral infection
weakness, while at UCLA
wrist problem, affecting his ability to stay on the fencing team
Heinlein, Robert Anson, writings of
agents for, moving away from Campbell and Street & Smith
atomics articles
bad, hack editing of
“bad clear through” editor’s remark
boys’ books
class yearbook at Naval Academy
difficulty with, post-Leslyn
evolving past pulp writing
fantasy stories
fiction vs. articles, RAH’s feelings about
first fiction by (1929)
first full-length book manuscript
first sale
first steps getting into SF writing
girls’ books
irony in
juvenile writing
notes on first writings, and ideas for
pay rate from pulps
plot deficiency and need for coaching, claimed
poetry and doggerel
popularity post-war
pseudonyms used
public influence of
pulps vs. slicks vs. book publication, RAH’s aim
puns in titles of
quotations from writings
rejections, effect on RAH
remain in print
reviews by RAH
for shipboard newspaper, sample of
story structure
story theme dilemma
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“world-saver” articles
Heinlein, Rose Elizabeth (sister)
accidental death of
Heinlein, Samuel Edward (grandfather)
death of
Heinlein, Virginia (third wife). See Gerstenfeld, Virginia “Ginny”
Heinlein Brothers, Agricultural Implements
“the Heinlein effect” (inspiring technological ideas)
Heinlein family
background and genealogies
disciplining of children
expectations of children’s grades
finances of
German roots of
in Kansas City
love of reading
meaning of the surname
military tradition
move to Hollywood, Calif.
political affiliations
religious observance
in World War II
Heinlein Family Association
Heinlein grid
Heinlein-Hurst, Mina Ladine (aunt)
Heinlein-Pemberton, Alice Irene (aunt)
Heinlein Prize for Accomplishments in Commercial Space Activities
Henie, Sonja
Henlein, Konrad
Henning, Carl
Henry Holt & Company
Hepburn, Katharine
Herbster, V. D.
Herndon Monument climb
Hevelin, Rusty
Heyliger, William
Hibbs, Ben
Hindu sacred writing
Hinton, C. H., A New Era of Thought
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
Hiroshima, bombing of
history of the future
chart of, published
See also Future History series
Hitler, Adolf
assassination attempt (July 20, 1944)
Hitler-Stalin pact
Hollywood, Calif.
Hollywood Citizen-News
Hollywood High
Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions
Hollywood New Economics Group
The Hollywood Reporter
Holmes, H. H. (pseudonym of A. P. White) See also Boucher, Anthony
Holt, William
Holystone
homesickness
Hong Kong
honor code
honor system
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, J. Edgar
Hoover, John H.
Hoover Dam
Horace Mann Elementary School
Horatio Alger books
Horne, Charlie
Horoshem, Isidore
“The Horse That Could Not Fly,”
Hough, Emerson
Hour of the Knife (proposal)
Howard, Dr.
“How To, in Four Tricky Lessons,”
How to Be a Politician
“How to Be a Survivor” (article)
“How to Write a Story” (humor article)