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<\/a>One of the most notable, visible and interesting groups is the Heinlein Prize Trust, established by Virginia (Ginny) Heinlein soon after her husband\u2019s death in 1988.<\/p>\n
Since then, the organization has published several books furthering commercial development in outer space, reprinted Heinlein\u2019s entire body of writing in a deluxe leather-bound 46-volume edition, published graphic novels of two Heinlein classics and completed the preservation of Heinlein\u2019s writings and memorabilia in a comprehensive digital archive.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most promising and newsworthy developments are the Trust\u2019s recent efforts to make Heinlein\u2019s stories and novels available around the world \u2013 including in countries under dictatorships.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly 15 to 20 percent of the world can be considered free, under even the most liberal interpretation of that world. That mans that about 80 percent of the world population today lives under an authoritarian government,\u201d said Art Dula, primary trustee of the Heinlein Trust.<\/p>\n
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HEINLEIN FICTION NOW IN RUSSIA, CHINA<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks to the Trust\u2019s efforts, Heinlein now has a publisher in Russia, where all of his fiction is now available.<\/p>\n Dula also announced that the Trust has signed a contract this year to publish all of Heinlein\u2019s works in China.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re infecting that tyranny with Heinlein\u2019s ideas,\u201d Dula said.<\/p>\n For the past two years, when Heinlein fiction has been inducted into the Prometheus Hall of Fame, the annual Prometheus awards ceremonies have included brief discussions of Heinlein\u2019s legacy in acceptance speeches by Art Dula, primary trustee of the Heinlein Trust.<\/p>\n But this year, Dula went into much more fascinating detail in his remarks about the impressive work of the Heinlein Trust itself.<\/p>\n THE HEINLEIN ARCHIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n Dula announced that the Trust has digitized and made available to the public all of Heinlein\u2019s vast archives, including letters, articles, manuscripts, photos and other memorabilia. The archive is based at the University of California.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s full of amazing things,\u201d Dula said.<\/p>\n Besides all of Heinlein\u2019s texts and writings, the archive includes countless photos of Heinlein and by Heinlein.<\/p>\n \u201cRobert was an enthusiastic amateur photographer,\u201d Dula said.<\/p>\n To share just one example of what\u2019s available now to the public from the archives during his 2023 Prometheus Awards acceptance speech, Dula read and commented on excerpts from one of Heinlein\u2019s most revealing and autobiographical letters, written in 1947 to a newspaper reporter planning to do a profile of Heinlein on the verge of publication of his first novel.<\/p>\n Heinlein letter February 1947<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis letter, and tens of thousands of other documents and photos, are now in DORA [Digital Online Research Archives]. I even think he saved his report cards. They will all be online soon,\u201d Dula said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re now re-releasing all of it so Heinlein\u2019s archives can be more public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n THE COMPLETE HEINLEIN<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Trust continues to sell its published 46-volume set of Heinlein\u2019s complete works of fiction.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve sold about 1,200 sets and have a few hundred left,\u201d Dula said. The Trust also has published graphic novels of two Heinlein sf-juvenile novels: Have Spacesuit Will Travel<\/em> and Citizen of the Galaxy,<\/em><\/a> inducted in 2022 into the Prometheus Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n BOOKS ON SPACE DEVELOPMENT Besides republishing Heinlein\u2019s entire set of stories and novels in 46 leather-bound editions, dubbed \u201cThe Virginia Edition,\u201d The Trust also has published three other books directly related to Heinlein\u2019s lifelong interest in humanity venturing beyond the bounds of Earth to populate our social system \u2013 and beyond. One book is the primary reference on space solar power; another book, a comprehensive reference work on space elevators, edited by Peter Swan and John Knapman.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the third book is the first and only comprehensive work, published so far, on space mineral resources. We did all this because it\u2019s clear that Heinlein wanted us to,\u201d Dula said.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are the things that will drive us into space. We\u2019re seeing it happen right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Note: Robert Heinlein (1907-1988), a mentor to several generations of younger sf writers, ultimately became the author most recognized by the Prometheus Awards, with a record nine awards as of 2023.<\/p>\n IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n * Read\u00a0\u201cThe Libertarian History of Science Fiction,\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0an essay in the international magazine\u00a0Quillette<\/em>\u00a0that favorably highlights the Prometheus Awards, the Libertarian Futurist Society and the significant element of libertarian sf\/fantasy in the evolution of the modern genre.<\/p>\n *\u00a0Watch\u00a0 <\/strong>videos <\/strong>of past Prometheus Awards ceremonies, Libertarian Futurist Society panel discussions with noted sf authors and leading libertarian writers, and other LFS programs on the Prometheus Blog\u2019s\u00a0Video page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n *\u00a0Join us<\/strong>! To help sustain the Prometheus Awards,\u00a0join\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>the Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS), a non-profit all-volunteer association of freedom-loving sf\/fantasy fans.<\/p>\n Libertarian futurists believe that culture matters! We understand that the arts and literature can be vital, and in some ways even more powerful than politics in the long run, by sparking innovation, better ideas, positive social change, and mutual respect for each other\u2019s rights, individuality and human dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Michael Grossberg With the late great Robert Heinlein having won more Prometheus Awards than any other author (including in 2023 for his story “Free Men,” inducted into the Prometheus Hall of Fame), LFS members and other Heinlein fans naturally should be interested in finding out more about organizations working to sustain his legacy. One … Continue reading Heinlein Prize Trust working to sustain author\u2019s legacy, spread liberty with digital archive, books, publishing contracts in Russia, China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32,687,1860],"tags":[1874,2101,477,2106,2079,21,2099,2103,2102,2105,2104,245],"class_list":["post-6374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-updates","category-award-acceptance-speech","category-robert-heinlein","tag-china","tag-digital-archives","tag-freedom","tag-ginny-heinlein","tag-heinlein-trust","tag-robert-heinlein","tag-russia","tag-space-elevators","tag-space-mineral-resources","tag-space-solar-power","tag-the-virginia-edition","tag-tyranny"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe8nGl-1EO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6374"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6448,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions\/6448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>A patent attorney, space lawyer and Heinlein\u2019s literary executor based in Houston, Dula spoke last year about Heinlein\u2019s novel Citizen of the Galaxy,<\/em> the 2022 Hall of Fame winner for Best Classic Fiction, and last month (August 2023) spoke about Heinlein\u2019s story \u201cFree Men,\u201d the 2023 winner.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
\n\u201cAnyone who buys the complete set also gets free lifetime access to the digital archives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>All of his awards are for classic works inducted into the Prometheus Hall of Fame, include his bestselling novel\u00a0The Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(in 1983),\u00a0Stranger in a Strange Land<\/a> \u00a0<\/em>(in 1987), the novel\u00a0Red Planet<\/a> \u00a0<\/em>(in 1996), the novel\u00a0Methuselah\u2019s Children<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(in 1997), the novel\u00a0Time Enough for Love\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(in 1998), the story\u00a0Requiem<\/a> \u00a0<\/em>(in 2003), the story \u201cCoventry\u201d<\/a> in 2017, the novel Citizen of the Galax<\/em>y<\/a> in 2022 and the story “Free Men” in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>* Prometheus winners:\u00a0<\/strong>For the full list of Prometheus winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 for the annual Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) categories and occasional Special Awards \u2013 visit the enhanced\u00a0Prometheus Awards page\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>on the LFS website, which now includes convenient links to the full set of published appreciation-reviews of past winners.<\/p>\n