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.

Now his wife, Virginia Heinlein, has taken on the labor of fulfilling his wish.

Here are his letters, from his first one to an editor in 1939, through the long years of writing for the pulp magazines markets, through his ongoing conquest of the prestigious slick magazines, and for major book publishers. Many of the later letters are to his long-time agent, Lurton Blassingame.

Here are his most personal thoughts and opinions on publishers, travel, juvenile novels, adult novels, work-habits, fan mail, house-building and its demands and frustrations, reviews, and his writing methods, as well as the ethics he saw in writing good science fiction.

These letters furnish an insight into Heinlein the man and Heinlein the generally acclaimed leading writer of speculative fiction. They also reveal why some things got put into, and many things got left out of, the final form of his works.

To the millions who have read the work of Robert A. Heinlein, this book should be indispensable - and irresistible.