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| − | ''[[Heinlein]] in Dimension'' is [[Alexei Panshin]]'s 1968 detailed analysis of the fiction of [[Robert A. Heinlein]] from [[Advent]].
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| − | [[Advent]] hyped the book as a "critical analysis of [[Heinlein]]'s novels and stories, his style and technique, his strengths and his weaknesses, and his place in modern science fiction. It is a study in depth which is neither adulatory nor carping."
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| − | [[Heinlein]] hated it. [[Heinlein]]'s animosity seemed to be directed more against [[Panshin]] personally as against the work. This may stem from an article [[Panshin]] had written for ''[[Shangri-L'Affaires]]'' about sexuality in [[RAH]]'s fiction, and concluded that he avoided dealing with adult sexuality. [[Redd Boggs]], who was editing ''[[Shangri-L'Affaires]]'' at the time, ran the article under the title "By His Jockstrap", mocking [[Heinlein]]'s famous story "By His Bootstraps".
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| − | Additionally, while researching the manuscript, [[Panshin]] had also gotten loan of letters written by [[Heinlein]] to a recently deceased conservative fan, [[Arthur George "Sarge" Smith]], to whom [[RAH]] had dedicated his novel ''[[Starship Troopers]]''. Even though [[Panshin]] found nothing useful in the letters, when [[Heinlein]] learned of this, he was enraged at what he took to be an invasion of his privacy. According to one source, [[Heinlein]] threatened [[Advent]] with a lawsuit if the book were published. This caused [[Advent]] to temporarily postpone publication, however, several chapters of the book were subsequently published by [[Leland Sapiro]] in his [[fanzine]] ''[[Riverside Quarterly]]'', and when no lawsuit materialized, [[Advent]] went ahead with publication of the entire manuscript.
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| − | A few years after the book had been published, [[Panshin]] encountered [[Heinlein]] at a speaking and book signing event in New York City. He was convinced that [[Heinlein]] had simply been misinformed about the book's contents, which was not at all anti-[[Heinlein]], and wanted to make known that he was in fact a great admirer of [[RAH]] however, when he approached [[Heinlein]], in an attempt to bury the hatchet between the two of them, he was frostily rebuffed. The exchange was witnessed by three New York fans, [[Gary Farber]],
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| − | [[Ben Yalow]], and [[Moshe Feder]]. [[Farber]] later remembered: "[[Panshin]] walked up and stuck out his hand, beginning an apology to [[Heinlein]]. [[Heinlein]] wouldn't let him complete his first sentence, interrupting him with the coldest 'Good day, sir.' and refusing to take his hand. [[Panshin]] tried several times, but just got his words interrupted with 'Good day sir.'. After several attempts, and [[Heinlein]]'s utter refusal to even listen to a single sentence of apology, Alexei gave up."
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