Grumbles From The Grave: Robert A. Heinlein; edited by Virginia Heinlein

Long before his death in 1988, Robert A. Heinlein had expressed the desire to have a selection of his letters published, after he was gone, and entitled 'Grumbles from the Grave'. But increasing pressure from his work and a series of major illnesses made it impossible for him to undertake the job of editing this himself. His wife, Virginia, took on the labour of fulfilling his wish. These are his letters from his first one to an editor in 1939, through the long years of writing for pulp magazines, to his conquest of slick magazines and for major book publishers. Many of his later letters are to his long-time agent, Lurton Blassingame. It's a record of his thoughts and opinions on publishers. travel, juvenile novels, adult novels, fiction, work habits, fan mail and house-building; reviews, his writing methods and the ethics he saw in writing good science fiction. A fascinating insight into Heinlein the man and Heinlein the writer.