multitude tend to divide Robert A. Heinlein ’s vocation into three different epoch , with the “ juveniles , ” the “ slick ” science fable stories , and the big , more opnionated novels . Butover in Locus Magazine , Gary Westfahl has a theory that ’s sure to be controversial : Heinlein ’s career really divides into a slew of serious novels , followed by a swerving into satire .
In particular , Westfahl points out how Have Space Suit – Will Travel is like a more glossa - in - cheek rendering of Rocket Ship Gallileo , Heinlein ’s first juvenile . And Starship Troopers and Podkayne of Mars likewise seem to be lampooning earlier books , Space Cadet and Between Planets . Westfahl even offers an explanation for why Heinlein might have change gears around 1957 — for one thing , he ’d dispatch his next history cycle , but for another , there was a very specific issue that yr :
The whole essay is well worth reading . [ Locus Magazine ]
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