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Robert Anson Heinlein amerikai sci-fi-író, a hard science fiction egyik legnépszerűbb, legbefolyásosabb és egyben legvitatottabb írója volt. Széles körben elfogadhatóvá tette a tudományos és a műszaki témákat – ami keveseknek sikerült –, és segített a műfaj irodalmi színvonalának emelésében. Ő volt az első író, akinek – az 1940-es években – sikerült betörnie leplezetlenül sci-fi témájú művekkel olyan népszerű magazinokba, mint a Saturday Evening Post. Az első írók közt volt, akiknek sikerült bestseller sci-fi regényt írnia. Mindezekre utal az is, hogy Heinleint, Isaac Asimovot és Arthur C. Clarke-ot a science fiction „nagy hármasaként” tartják számon.Leggyakoribb témái társadalmi vonatkozásúak voltak: radikális individualizmus, libertarianizmus, vallás, a fizikai és érzelmi szeretet közti kapcsolat és spekulációk a liberális családi viszonyokról. Ezen témák iránt tanúsított ikonoklaszta hozzáállása vezetett ahhoz, hogy különböző művei egymástól nagyon különböző ideológiákat takarnak. Például 1959-es regénye, a Csillagközi invázió a kritikusok nagy többsége szerint a militarizmust dicsőíti. Ezzel szemben 1961-es regénye, az Angyali üdvözlet a szexuális forradalom és az ellenkultúra úttörőjének váratlan szerepébe helyezte őt.

Heinlein négy Hugo-díjat is nyert regényeiért, valamint ötven évvel első megjelenésük után három műve is „Retro-Hugo”-díjat kapott – ezeket a díjakat visszamenőleg osztják ki azon évek legjobb műveiért, amelyekben nem osztottak ki Hugo-díjat. Szintén ő volt az, aki az első Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master díjat kapott az Amerikai sci-fi és fantasy írók szervezetétől, életművének elismeréseként.

Műveiben Heinlein olyan szavakat is alkotott, amelyek később az angol nyelv részévé váltak, úgymint például a „grok”, a „TANSTAAFL” és a „waldo”. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. július 1907 – 8. május 1988  •  Más nevek Robert Heinlein, Роберт Энсон Хайнлайн
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Robert A. Heinlein híres idézetei

„A prűd egy olyan személy, aki azt gondolja, hogy a saját illendőségi szabályai természetes törvények.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„Nincs rosszabb zsarnokság, mint arra kényszeríteni az embert, hogy fizessen valamiért, amiért nem akar, pusztán azért, mert úgy gondoljuk, hogy az jó lenne a számára.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„A szerelem az az állapot, amelyben egy másik ember boldogsága elengedhetetlen a saját boldogságod számára.”

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein idézetek

„A nők és a macskák úgy fognak cselekedni, ahogy akarnak, a férfiaknak és a kutyáknak pedig pihenniük kéne és hozzászokni az ötlethez.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„Soha ne próbálj meg egy disznót énekelni tanítani; ez csak időpocsékolás, és a disznót is idegesíti.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„Olyan feltételeket tulajdonítottál a gazemberségnek, amelyek egyszerűen az ostobaságból fakadnak.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„Soha ne próbálj meg túlszárnyalni egy macskát.”

Robert A. Heinlein

„A bűn csak abban rejlik, hogy szükségtelenül megbántunk másokat. Minden más "bűn" kitalált ostobaság. Saját magadat bántani nem bűn - csak ostobaság.”

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein: Idézetek angolul

“Protoplasm is protean; any simple protoplasm can become any complex form of life under mutation and selection.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Beyond This Horizon

Forrás: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 13, “No more privacy than a guppy in an aquarium”, p. 126

“Man needs freedom, but few men are so strong as to be happy with complete freedom. A man needs to be part of a group, with accepted and respected relationships. Some men join foreign legions for adventure; still more swear on a bit of paper in order to acquire a framework of duties and obligations, customs and taboos, a time to work and a time to loaf, a comrade to dispute with and a sergeant to hate—in short, to belong.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Between Planets

Forrás: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 7, “The Detour” (p. 83)

“As for population, every major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv The Number of the Beast

Forrás: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXXVIII : “—under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid—”, p. 371

“Every technology goes through three stages: first a crudely simple and quite unsatisfactory gadget; second, an enormously complicated group of gadgets designed to overcome the shortcomings of the original and achieving thereby somewhat satisfactory performance through extremely complex compromise; third, a final stage of smooth simplicity and efficient performance based on correct understanding of natural laws and proper design therefrom.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv The Rolling Stones

Forrás: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 4, “Aspects of Domestic Engineering” (pp. 52-53)

“I glanced at the ring on my finger.
The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever …  I know where I came from — but where did all you zombies come from?”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv "—All You Zombies—"

"—All You Zombies—" (1958)

“We don’t have to be convincing—not in the sense of getting converts. Real converts might prove to be a nuisance. We just have to be convincing enough to look like a legitimate religion to our overlords. And that doesn’t have to be very convincing. All religions look equally silly from the outside.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Sixth Column

Forrás: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 6 (p. 70)

“But as grandpop always said, there are just three ways to get ahead; sweat and genius, getting born into the right family, or marrying into it.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Starman Jones

Forrás: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 8, “Three Ways to Get Ahead” (p. 82)

“There is no subject inappropriate for scientific research. Johann, we’ve let you fellows have a monopoly of such matters for too long. The most serious questions in the world have been left to faith or speculation. It is time for scientists to cope with them, or admit that science is no more than pebble counting.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Beyond This Horizon

Forrás: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 11, “—then a man is something more than his genes!”, p. 111

“I don’t think Father Hugo is any more mistaken than the most learned theologian and he might be closer to the truth. Jacob, I don’t think anyone knows Who’s in charge.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv I Will Fear No Evil

Forrás: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 26, p. 459

“Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Forrás: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 5

“Ben, the ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with — in the face of a preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called "morals." Most of us know the code is wrong; almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck.
You, too, Ben. You fancy yourself a free soul — and break that evil code. But faced with a problem in sexual ethics new to you, you tested it against that same Judeo-Christian code… so automatically your stomach did flip-flops… and you think that proves you're right and they're wrong. Faugh! I'd as lief use trial by ordeal.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Stranger in a Strange Land

"Jubal Harshaw"
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961; 1991)

“I guess I don’t understand women.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Starman Jones

“That’s an understatement.”
Forrás: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 19, “A Friend in Need” (p. 211)

“A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Richard Ames; chapter 9, p. 108
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)

“I’m not going to give up my gun. Dad wouldn’t want me to. I’m sure of that. Anyhow, I’m licensed and I don’t have to. I’m a qualified marksman, I’ve passed the psycho tests, and I’ve taken the oath; I’m as much entitled to wear a gun as he is.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Red Planet

Forrás: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 4, “Lowell Academy”, p. 55

“A military hierarchy automatically places a premium on conservative behavior and dull conformance with precedent; it tends to penalize original and imaginative thinking.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Space Cadet

Forrás: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 9 “Long Haul”, p. 101

““I wish Doc Pickering was here.”
“Yeah, and if fish had feet, they’d be mice.””

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Space Cadet

Forrás: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 14 “The Natives are Friendly...”, p. 160

“People have a funny habit of taking as ‘natural’ whatever they are used to—but there hasn’t been any ‘natural’ environment, the way they mean it, since men climbed down out of trees.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Farmer in the Sky

Forrás: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 2, “The Green-Eyed Monster” (p. 21)

“Oh Max, you large lout, you arouse the eternal maternal in me.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Starman Jones

Forrás: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 17, “Charity” (p. 185)

“Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Double Star

Double Star (1956)

“Max opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again. “No.”
“Speak louder. You used a word I don’t understand.””

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Starman Jones

Forrás: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 9, “Chartman Jones” (p. 95)

“I missed my slipstick. Dad says that anyone who can't use a slide rule is a cultural illiterate and should not be allowed to vote. Mine is a beauty — a K&E 20-inch Log-log Duplex Decitrig. Dad surprised me with it after I mastered a ten-inch polyphase. We ate potato soup that week — but Dad says you should always budget luxuries first. I knew where it was. Home on my desk.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Forrás: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 7

“Mass psychology is not simply a summation of individual psychologies; that is a prime theorem of social psychodynamics—not just my opinion; no exception has ever been found to this theorem. It is the social mass-action rule, the mob-hysteria law, known and used by military, political, and religious leaders, by advertising men and prophets and propagandists, by rabble rousers and actors and gang leaders, for generations before it was formulated in mathematical symbols. It works.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Methuselah's Children

Methuselah’s Children (p. 535)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)

“Any cipher can be broken, any code can be compromised. But the most exact academic knowledge of a language gives no clue to its slang, its colloquial allusions, its half statements, over statements, and inverted meanings.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Sixth Column

Forrás: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 9 (p. 113)

“I think girls should be raised in the bottom of a deep, dark sack until they are old enough to know better.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Farmer in the Sky

Forrás: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 4, “Captain DeLongPre” (p. 50)

““Scheer, are you any good at counterfeiting?”
“I’ve never tried it, sir.”
“No time like the present. Every man needs an alternative profession.””

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Sixth Column

Forrás: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 6 (p. 72)

“Mr. Jones, has it ever occurred to you, the world being what it is, that women sometimes prefer not to appear too bright?”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Starman Jones

Forrás: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 19, “A Friend in Need” (p. 211)

“Wherever there is power and mass to manipulate, Man can live.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv The Rolling Stones

Forrás: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 16, “Rock City” (p. 208)

“I’m not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv I Will Fear No Evil

Forrás: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 12, p. 177

“Pioneers need good neighbors.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Farmer in the Sky

Forrás: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 14, “Land of My Own” (p. 147)

“The attack should not have happened, of course. The rice farmer sergeant had been perfectly right; the Federation could not afford to risk its own great cites to punish the villagers of Venus. He was right—from his viewpoint.
A rice farmer has one logic; the men who live by and for power have another and entirely different logic. Their lives are built on tenuous assumptions, fragile as reputation; they could not afford to ignore a challenge to their power—the Federation could not afford not to punish the insolent colonists.”

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Robert A. Heinlein könyv Between Planets

Forrás: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 10, “While I Was Musing the Fire Burned” (p. 113)