Robert Heinlein SciFi Grandmaster – 100 yrs later July 7, 2007
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100 years ago today one of the greatest SciFi writers of all time was born.
His books have impacted both the world of SciFi and Science fact and this weekend well over five hundred attendees are gathering in Kansas City to celebrate his life and work. The lineup of luminaries at the even is ‘stellar’.
Check this out:
* NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin
* Spider Robinson, co-author (with Robert Heinlein) of Variable Star and much more
* Sir Arthur C. Clarke, joining us via video
* X Prize Founder Dr. Peter Diamandis
* X Prize pilot Brian Binnie
* Jeanne Robinson will update us on her Stardance zero-gee dance film
* Astrophysicist, author & Heinlein associate Yoji Kondo will be presenting the Heinlein Award
* Dr. Martine Rothblatt, founder of Sirius Satellite Radio
* Author, gadfly and filmmaker J. Neil Schulman – and we’ll be screening his new film “Lady Magdalene’s” right after the Gala!
* Hugo nominee John Scalzi
* The man who folded himself, David Gerrold
* Science fiction’s newest Grand Master Nebula Award winner, James E. Gunn
* Science Fiction Writer’s Association President (and our Master of Ceremonies) Robin Wayne Bailey
* Writer and editor Ben Bova
Happy Birthday Robert Heinlein – thanks to you we’re all strangers in strange lands.
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