| Unpublished Heinein novel discovered
The never-published manuscript for science fiction
legend Robert Heinlein’s first novel FOR US, THE LIVING
was found in a Seattle garage by Heinlein scholar Robert
James not too long ago, and issued recently by Scribner.
The NY Times notes admiringly, "Less a traditional
commercial novel than philosophical fiction, it has value
for its prophecies and for the light it sheds on Heinlein's
other books. One reason he refused to publish the novel
later in his career was that he used it as a source for ideas
and events that appeared in his subsequent work,
including ‘Stranger in a Strange Land,’ ‘Starship Troopers’
and the story ‘If This Goes On . . . .’"
NYT piece |