Heinlein Society Library Program

It is amazing to us, but we have been hearing that Robert Heinlein’s novels are disappearing from library bookshelves. A recent conversation with one of our members indicates the severity of the problem and went something like this:

I was astounded that Space Cadet is not currently available from Amazon.com, a juvenile, great story--and you can’t even buy that for your child/grandchild. Thank goodness I have a copy in my personal library. BUT WHAT IF I HAD TO USE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY?

The first step in the goals of the Library committee is to re-introduce the works of Robert A. Heinlein to everyone, especially children and young adults, by placing his works in libraries where none or very few are currently available.

If a book like Space Cadet or Rocket Ship Galileo is not available to purchase, it becomes even more important for us to determine whether or not Robert A. Heinlein’s novels are available from public and school libraries.

How can I help?

You can donate money to the Heinlein Society via Paypal to buy books to place in libraries.

I want to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Heinlein Society to purchase books for libraries.

Or send a check to:

The Heinlein Society
Libraries Program
PO Box 1254
Venice, California 90294-1254

You can introduce yourself to your local librarian and ask if they have Heinlein works, find out if they are favorably disposed to Heinlein or resistant. If favorably disposed, how can we help them? If resistant, how can we change their minds?

You can sign up to donate some of your books to that library. Email us your library information.

You can join in Heinlein panels that are scheduled at upcoming conventions that include discussions of the RAH juveniles. At these conventions we will have resources for librarians and recommendations and information packages for age/interest groups and books, credit vouchers for books, available for purchase.

And, we would be very pleased to see you join us in our monthly action meetings in The Heinlein Readers Group AIM Chat Room held on the first Monday of each month, 10:00 PM EST. We will be building a link soon where you will see what progress has been made and the action items for the next scheduled discussion.

AIM Chat Room

A link to the Heinlein Reading Group's virtual meeting place.

Click on the red button to download the AIM software.

Download Version 9.5.3

Join us in this great undertaking: Libraries Chair

NEWS:

Donations to libraries in Minnesota and Pennsylvania have placed Heinlein books in small town libraries that lacked them. A large donation to China followed.

Make a donation on behalf of The Heinlein Society to your library of choice:

Heinlein novels recommended for public library donations:

We're recommending a selection of the Heinlein Juveniles for library donations.

Links are to Amazon.com where free shipping is available for most purchases over $25. If you arrange to have Amazon.com send books directly to your library of choice on behalf of the Heinlein Society, please email the Heinlein Society and let us know which books were sent and to which library.

A commission on purchases made through these links goes to the Heinlein Society.

Links are to paperbacks--you can also seek out library editions or school binding editions of these titles (new copies are recommended for donation).

Red Planet

Farmer in the Sky

Tunnel in the Sky

Citizen of the Galaxy

Have Space Suit Will Travel

The Star Beast

The Menace From Earth

Starman Jones

Between Planets

Webmasters:

Have your own website? You can help raise money for the Libraries Program by adding a Heinlein Society Amazon.com link to your website. Every purchase made through this link earns The Heinlein Society a commission. Just right click and 'select all' in the box below and copy the code. Then insert it into the HTML code on your website. It will produce the graphic and link shown at the right:

<A target="_blank" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=theheinleinso-20&path=tg/browse/-/283155"><img src=http://www.heinleinsociety.org/images/books/offsitelinks/90x60_book_metal.gif border=0 width="90" height="60"></A> Purchases made through this link help support The Heinlein Society

Please email us and let us know the url of where you've inserted the link.

Purchases made through this link help support The Heinlein Society

Join The Heinlein Society and Pay Forward the legacy of Robert A. Heinlein and Virginia Heinlein.

The Heinlein Society was founded by Virginia Heinlein on behalf of her husband, science fiction author Robert Anson Heinlein, to "pay forward" the legacy of Robert A. Heinlein to future generations of "Heinlein's Children."