Though as an article, in trouble from jump: "Long before the era of hard science fiction, Robert Heinlein took Einstein’s special theory of relativity and turned it into a masterpiece of young adult fiction."
One has to wonder when the astronomer in question thinks "the Era of Hard SF" began. TIME FOR THE STARS is the only Heinlein juvie I've read through, and while it and THE TRUMAN SHOW aren't duds, they ain't masterpieces either.
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Not a dud in the bunch, as far as I can tell...
Though as an article, in trouble from jump: "Long before the era of hard science fiction, Robert Heinlein took Einstein’s special theory of relativity and turned it into a masterpiece of young adult fiction."
One has to wonder when the astronomer in question thinks "the Era of Hard SF" began. TIME FOR THE STARS is the only Heinlein juvie I've read through, and while it and THE TRUMAN SHOW aren't duds, they ain't masterpieces either.
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