Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion
- ISBN-10
- 0967987415
- ISBN-13
- 9780967987415
- Category
- Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- J. Daniel Gifford
Description
The serial character of Mary Risling became Mary Sperling in the novel , possibly because of conflict with ' Noisy ' Rhysling of “ The Green Hills of Earth . " Also , Heinlein weaves in mention of postwar radiation in the US and ...
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- 1980
- 232 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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