Heinlein Society MisCon Memorial Day weekend 2003, Missoula, Montana Greetings, From MisCon 17 reported by Elizabeth Youmans, R.N. Back in February I decided I wanted to support The Heinlein Society at our local SF Con, here in Missoula, Montana. So I e-mailed THS Secretary-Treasurer David Silver and he sent me lots of information and ideas.…
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Heinlein Society Baycon Memorial Day weekend 2003, San Jose, California reported by Geo Rule The Society made a strong showing at BayCon 2003 (Memorial Day weekend) in San Jose, California, this year, presenting three well-attended programs. “Heinlein’s Women,” on Saturday evening, and “Heinlein Juveniles,” and “Heinlein 101” on Sunday, were clearly appreciated by the audiences.…
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Saturday, April 26, 2003, at about 5:30PM PDT, Ginny Heinlein’s ashes joined Robert’s in the Pacific Ocean. Following is an account of that day graciously provided by her friend James R. Cunningham. –Deb Houdek Rule (webmaster of this site) Virginia “Ginny” Heinlein (Virginia Doris Gerstenfeld) April 22, 1916 – January 18, 2003 Deb has asked…
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from the May 2003 Heinlein Society Newsletter Science fiction author and long-time friend of Robert and Virginia Heinlein was asked to comment on the loss of Ginny for the Heinlein Society Newsletter Today a total stranger on the other side of the continent phoned while I was out to tell me that he’d been camped…
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A Virtual Wake in Honor of Ginny Heinlein Saturday 01-18-2003 9:00 P.M. EST Here Begins The Log You have just entered room “The Lanai.” SubCrid Death: Hola DennEditor: Hello newcomers. AGlusone: Always hard to know. Her friend who wrote had been visiting daily and giving some of us a nightly e-mail and altho it wasn’t…
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The Passing of Ginny Heinlein January 18, 2003 A virtual wake was held for Ginny using the AIM Lanai Meeting Room On Saturday Evening 1-18-2003. 36 people attended. Laura Haywood, a close friend of Ginny’s had been reporting daily on her condition. On Saturday Morning 1/18/03 I received the following: Not very much to report.…
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In Memoriam… Virginia “Ginny” Heinlein (Virginia Doris Gerstenfeld) 1916 -2003 Mrs. Heinlein passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of January 18, 2003. She was born in New York, and married Robert Heinlein in 1948. “…Ginny is a chemist, biochemist, aviation test engineer, experimental horticulturist; she earned varsity letters at N.Y.U. in swimming, diving,…
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Events at Worldcon in SanJose Aug-Sept 2002 Visit to Santa Cruz Library Photos Courtesy of Deb Houdek Rule …
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Convention Archives Events at Worldcon in SanJose.Aug-Sept 2002 Additional Comments From David Silver & Bill Patterson on alt.fan.heinlein From: “BPRAL22169” Subject: Re: [LONG] Finished: The Star Beast Date: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:17 AM > >A minimum of organization, and a lot of effort by some fine panelists — >mostly from here, many of whom…
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Events at Worldcon in SanJose. Aug-Sept 2002 Photos Courtesy of Karen Connell …
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Heinlein Society Events at ConJose Aug-Sept 2002 Photos and Letter Courtesy of Art Dula Letter from Art Dula to Virginia Heinlein Dear Ginny, We all arrived safely back in Houston at about 1:30am on Tuesday. Here are a few pictures of the Heinlein events in San Jose. Bill and David did a splendid job of…
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Heinlein Society at NorWescon These photos were taken at NorwesCon Easter Weekend, 2002, in Seattle, Washington. Mainly, they are photos of a small reception we hosted in the Norwescon Committee Suite they let us use to hold our own reception because we “hosted” their dead-duck party post Con. “Hosted” for the purposes of the dead-duck…
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©1985, 2001, by Patrick Cox, originally published: The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 1985. Permission of the author to republish graciously granted The Heinlein Society, July 2, 2001. “Robert A. Heinlein, one of the grandmasters of science fiction, has never had much patience with government authority. An IRS agent who once tried to enter the…
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Heinlein Society – Scholastic/Academic articles ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: MURDER SUSPECT examining Rocket to the Morgue by Anthony Boucher This is copyrighted material and may not be copied or reproduced in any form, including on other websites, without permission of the copyright holder. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: MURDER SUSPECT by D. A. Houdek and G. E. Rule…
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