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Tramp royale

Tramp royale

EssaysPolitics & Society
Pages
371
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

Join science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein and his wife, Ginny, on their journey around the world by ship and plane in the mid-1950s. This travelogue offers a unique blend of personal adventure and sharp social and political observations from the era. Heinlein shares his experiences and opinions, from defending McCarthyism to comparing welfare states, all while exploring remote corners of the globe like Tristan da Cunha.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeReflectiveAdventurousIntellectual
Road Trip

Genres

Essays Politics & Society Travel Science Fiction

About the author

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer, born in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929 and served in the Navy until 1934, afterwards studying mathematics and physics briefly at UCLA. He sold his first story, "Life-Line", to Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and became one of that magazine's leading contributors. In the late 1940s he was among the first science fiction authors to place work in general-interest magazines such...