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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.

— Pamela Dean

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.

— Walter Jon Williams

I met Heinlein after 'The Forever War' had won the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He shook my hand and said he loved the book so much, he'd read it three times.

— Joe Haldeman

I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl.

— Nnedi Okorafor

Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I was growing up, for a long time, was 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson, which I must have read about a dozen times when I was a teenager.

— Ned Beauman

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.

— Terry Pratchett

When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very widely read.

— Terry Hayes

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.

— William Shatner

Truthfully, the person with whom I identified most in Heinlein's early works was Rhysling in 'The Green Hills of Earth.'

— Pamela Dean

✗Opposing Perspectives

One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing.

— George R. R. Martin

I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old.

— Steven Cojocaru