Sunday 29 September 2019

Heinlein And Anderson: A Brief Comparison

Heinlein's Future History and the first of Anderson's several future histories could each be collected in two omnibus volumes. See here.

Each wrote three circular causality narratives. However, Anderson also wrote a time travel series that is complete in two long volumes and enough time travel short stories for a further collection.

Heinlein wrote more juvenile sf but Anderson wrote in several genres.

Heinlein's writing deteriorated badly whereas Anderson's remained creative and innovative into the twenty first century.