Boston 2007
National PCA/ACA Conference
April 4-7, 2007
Boston Marriott Copley Place

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-2007):
A Century of Infinite Possibilities


Heinlein Studies I
Chair: Pete McCluskey,
Middle Tennessee State Univ.

Swiftian Echoes in Heinlein: Two Studies
Chris Brooks,
Wichita State University

Civil Disobedience Ad Astra:
Jefferson and Thoreau's Influence
on Robert Heinlein
Robert James,
West Los Angeles College

The Wife of Bath and the Man from Mars:
An Overview of Classic Literary Allusions
in Select Heinlein Works
Lisa D'Amico,
Wichita State University

'Ipse Dixit': Literary Allusion in Heinlein's Juveniles
Pete McCluskey, Middle Tennessee State University


Heinlein Studies II
Chair: Michael Kagan, Le Moyne College

Variable Star:  The Collaboration
Marie Guthrie,
Western Kentucky University

Vedantic Anomalies and Arabic and
Hebrew Names in
Stranger In a Strange Land
Michael Kagan,
Le Moyne College

‘Kill ’em all!’:  
Starship Troopers and the Critical Stomach
Shane Rasmussen,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Beyond Hypothesis:  Thinking about the
Future from Heinlein to de Bono
John L. Quel,
Independent Scholar



Heinlein Studies III: Roundtable:
The Significance of the Heinlein
Centennial
Moderator: Bill Patterson,
Heinlein Biographer











Heinlein Studies IV
Chair: Bill Patterson,
Heinlein Biographer

Adult Heinlein and the Anthropological Imagination
Chris Leslie,
The Polytechnic University

Leadership and the Characters of Robert Heinlein
Rodger Oren,
Macon State College

Art and Rule in Job and 'Jonathan Hoag'
C. Herbert Gilliland,
U.S. Naval Academy

Robert A. Heinlein:  Centennial Man
Bill Patterson,
Independent Scholar




Later that night . . .

Robert James, MIchal Kagan,
Marie Guthrie and Herb Gilliland at
dinner