Archives - Multimedia
This section of the Archives contains images,
sound files and other multimedia information related to
Robert Heinlein. We hope to expand these selections greatly
as rights can be obtained.
Facsimiles
These items are facsimiles of magazine articles and other published
items of interest.
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Rocket to the Moon
Popular Mechanics, May 1950
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A fabulous photo essay on the making of
Destination Moon, with
many notes on the real state and future of manned
spaceflight.
"Hi" opens a version with seven 200k images.
"Lo" opens a version with seven 80k images.
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A House to Make Life Easy
Popular Mechanics, June 1952
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A photo essay on the Heinlein's new Colorado Springs home, with
every feature a science fiction writer with an engineering
background could design.
"Hi" opens a version with six 200k images.
"Lo" opens a version with six 100k images.
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Between Planets
Boys' Life, 1978-79
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This 17-part adaptation of "Between Planets" ran in
Boys' Life magazine between
April 1978 and August 1979. Although the story is
an ideal fit for the magazine's audience - being,
really, a somewhat more sophisticated take on Heinlein's
Scouting stories - the comic adaptation is... peculiar.
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Postcards from Electric Park, 1906 & 1909
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A visit to Kansas City's "Electric Park" is a noteworthy event
in Time Enough for Love. These two
contemporary postcards show what Sergeant Ted, Maureen and
Woody must have seen.
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Heinlein Sound Clips
These clips are digitized from an interview Heinlein gave to the
local radio station on "Robert Heinlein Day" in his hometown of
Butler, Missouri, on 17 April 1980.
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"I was simply writing a novel..."
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Heinlein commenting on Stranger in a Strange
Land.
80k, 8 seconds long
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"Kansas City appears in many of my books..."
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Heinlein commenting on his use of his hometown in
Time Enough for Love.
424k, 39 seconds long
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"I never expected anything like this..."
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Heinlein commenting on the surprise of "Robert Heinlein Day."
50k, 5 seconds long
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"We need to have as many baskets for our eggs as possible..."
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Heinlein commenting on the danger of having only one home
for humanity.
204k, 19 seconds long
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"I think it is necessary for the human race to establish colonies..."
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Heinlein commenting on the need to establish human colonies
beyond Earth.
219k, 20 seconds long
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"I want the human race to go on..."
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Heinlein commenting on his desire for humanity to survive.
108k, 10 seconds long
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Heinlein Planetary Features
So far, two astronomical sites have been named for Robert Heinlein -
one semi-officially, the other quite officially. Fans would hope
for more such recognition of "the man who sold us the moon."
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Luna: Rhysling Crater (Apollo 15)
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The astronauts of Apollo 15 named a small crater for Heinlein's
"blind singer of the spaceways" and made other acknowledgements
to Heinlein in the mission.
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Mars: Heinlein Crater
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This large crater on Mars has been officially named for
Heinlein. Maybe we'll know soon what the Martians call it...
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Miscellany
Odds and ends of interest to Heinlein aficionados.
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In Memoriam: Heinlein & STS-107
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Heinlein's words of 1947 are wistfully appropriate for the
events of 1 February 2003.
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