“I expect this to be my last venture in this field; 'tain't worth the grief”

— Robert A. Heinlein, book Grumbles from the Grave

Response to efforts to censor his first novel, Red Planet
Grumbles from the Grave (1989)

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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