January 1, 2022 Announcing our eleventh annual scholarship essay contest for the 2022 – 2023 academic year. This year we will be awarding four $4,000 scholarships to undergraduate students of accredited 4-year colleges and universities. The “Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship” is dedicated to a female candidate majoring in engineering, math, or biological or physical sciences. The…
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The recent redesign of The Heinlein Journal was chosen as one of 6 winners in the Editorial category of Communication Arts’ 62nd annual design competition, the most exclusive major design competition in the world. “This redesign matches the quality of the publication with the stature of its authors and their scholarship,” said Managing Editor and Designer Mark Bult. “We’ve…
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The below link is to the You Tube video of the 2020 Balticon virtual book discussion of The Pursuit of The Pankera and how it differs from The Number of The Beast. Panelists include John Tilden – President of The Heinlein Society, Steve Wilson – Author and Don Sakers – Author. https://youtu.be/bZtPu_6LrGY
Dr. Beatrice Kondo of Johns Hopkins University was recently interviewed for a Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast discussing Biotechnology and Science Fiction. What you may not know is that Beatrice met Robert Heinlein at a young age through her father, noted astrophysicist and science fiction author, Dr. Yoji Kondo. Beatrice has been a…
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Recently a friend asked me to explain the difference between The Heinlein Society (THS) and The Heinlein Prize Trust (HPT). That’s really an interesting question. Both were founded by Virginia Heinlein, but that’s where the similarities end. The Heinlein Society is a charity, and our only source of income is through memberships and donations. We…
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On August 1st, 2020, The Heinlein Society celebrates our 20th anniversary. Our founding members; Virginia Heinlein, Bill Patterson, Art Dula and three others started our long journey on that date. So far, we have shipped almost 30,000 Heinlein / SF books to active military personnel and veterans around the world. We have sponsored blood drives…
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Scholarship Winners by Mike Sheffield This year, as expected, we received a record number of scholarship applications – 365. Among these we had 20 international applicants, more than in any previous year. They came from all around the globe: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Ghana, Haiti, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Morocco and India. We also…
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Heinlein Society President, John Tilden (pictured above), represented THS at the FarPoint Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on February 22, 2020. Mr. Tilden was joined by Betsy Childs (pictured above), a new THS Member and THS Member Steven Wilson. Even though FarPoint is a Star Trek focused Con, there are connections. Several Star Trek episodes were…
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We are pleased to announce Walter Luffman as the winner of our third ‘Virginia Edition’ raffle giveaway (pictured above)! Walter was announced as winner at the end of our 2019 Annual Meeting held September 8, 2019. Walter lost many of his RAH books to a house fire years ago, so he is really looking…
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