At long last I took the plunge and got the Virginia Edition: the complete Heinlein—all of his fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, and even 450,000 words of letters—in a beautiful leather-bound set on acid-free paper. All-up, this 46-volume set weighs 72 pounds, so when those four boxes arrive on the porch, they are quite noticeable indeed. They take up about 49 linear inches on the shelf, by the way. Mm...and then that shelf should be pretty sturdy, too, shouldn’t it?
In any event, each volume features an introduction by the late William H. Patterson, a major Heinlein scholar, along with a different photo of Heinlein and Ginny, plus occasionally other apparatus. The texts themselves, selected by Mrs. Heinlein before her death, are Heinlein’s preferred versions rather than those tweaked by other editors. Everything is here, from the most familiar to the most obscure—everything!
On general principle, therefore, although the covers are illustrated only minimally, I have scanned ’em all, and now they are included in the appropriate places in my Heinlein cover art galleries.
Enjoy!
Rafeeq
In any event, each volume features an introduction by the late William H. Patterson, a major Heinlein scholar, along with a different photo of Heinlein and Ginny, plus occasionally other apparatus. The texts themselves, selected by Mrs. Heinlein before her death, are Heinlein’s preferred versions rather than those tweaked by other editors. Everything is here, from the most familiar to the most obscure—everything!
On general principle, therefore, although the covers are illustrated only minimally, I have scanned ’em all, and now they are included in the appropriate places in my Heinlein cover art galleries.
Enjoy!
Rafeeq
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