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For questions about Robert A. Heinlein who was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre. Only use for questions about the author, for questions about his works use the specific work tag instead.
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Which of Heinlein's books involve anti-communist sentiment?
Novels:
6th Column - AKA The Day After Tomorrow: The bad guys, the Pan-Asians have a somewhat communist society.
Starship Troopers - I'm not sure this counts as anti-communist, but there's a scene w …
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Heinlein book(s) with FTL travel?
I think Time for the Stars is the only one no-one else has mentioned. After they've spent most of the book travelling relativistically, an FTL drive is introduced at the end of the book.
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Where did Heinlein get the name Podkayne?
There's an earlier version of Poddy in Heinlein's "Puddin'" stories. The only one I've read is "Cliff and the Calories" which is good, but not sci-fi.
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Did Heinlein advocate the apparently militaristic, if not fascist society of Starship Troopers?
Your obvious negative opinion of Heinlein's ideas has led you into a false premise... The society of Starship Troopers isn't fascist, it's very clearly not a dictatorship. One of the points of the no …