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Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein

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Author Biography

Name: Robert A(nson) Heinlein
Variant Name: Robert A(nson) Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein, Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, Caleb Saunders, Simon York, Robert (Anson) Heinlein
Birth Date: July 7, 1907
Death Date: May 8, 1988
Place of Birth: Butler, Missouri
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Robert A(nson) Heinlein
15701 words, approx. 52.3 pages
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler, Missouri, a small town some sixty-five miles south of Kansas City. He and his six brothers and sisters were raised in Kansas City, where he attended grade school and high school, graudating from Central High in 1...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Red Planet Information
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<i>Red Planet</i> is a 1949 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about students at boarding school on Mars. It represents the first appearance of Heinlein's idealized Martian elder race (see also <i>Stranger in a Strange Land</i>). The version...


News and Journals
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Mars Mania: Know the Red Planet?
10/8/2007: 422 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 14:Why is Mars red?a) Iron oxides in its soil (1)b) Gases in its atmosphere (0)c) Volcanic activity (0)d) Raging fires (0)Question 2 of 14:At its closest point, how far is Mars from Earth?a) 34 million miles (1)b) 112 million miles (0)c) 233...
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Site for next Mars mission debated
2/1/2007: 396 words, approx. 1 pages
Scientists are scrambling to find an alternative landing site for a long-armed robot set to launch this summer on a mission to dig into Mars' icy north pole to search for signs of primitive life.The original landing spot was nixed after images beamed back by...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Creighton Peet
209 words, approx. 1 pages
In Mr. Heinlein's cosmos, interplanetary rocket travel is old stuff. Earlier books got his characters to the moon and to stations parked in space. [In "Red Planet"] he describes colonial life on Mars some years after men from the earth have settled there. He even throws in a desperate revolt against dishonest agents of the operating company back on earth. When Jim and Frank, sons of colonials go to boarding school they take Willis, a Martian called a bouncer, about the size and shape of...


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Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein

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