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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      4. Heinlein got into Annapolis as naval cadet thanks to political connections (his family had pull with Pendergast political machine).

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      5. Heinlein became naval officer in 1929, served till 1934, was mustered out because of TB, received lifetime pension at 2/3rds of naval pay

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      6. Heinlein's naval pension allowed him to survive Great Depression and try hand at different careers (grad studies, architecture, mining)

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      7. In 1938/1939, Heinlein decided to take up writing. Pension again underwrite this career.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      8. Heinlein was a big hit as a pulp writer from the start but even so naval pension was crucial for his careers.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      9. Being a freelance writer is an unstable job. Markets dry up, editors turn cold. Having a naval pension was a crucial safety net.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      10. Heinlein's peers -- Sturgeon, Hubbard, even Asimov -- had to take other jobs (or start religions) when pulps dried up.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      11. Heinlein was able to reinvent himself several times as a writer thanks to security of having pension.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      12. 1939-1942 Heinlein mainly pulp writer. Then war work., then 1946 tried hand at nonfiction, then wrote for slicks and juveniles.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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      13. Heinlein had the luxury of reinventing himself as a writer because his base salary was the naval pension.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014

      14. And when Heinlein went through a dry spell or personal crisis (i.e. break up of menage a trois leading to divorce) pension was there.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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          15. As a young socialist, Heinlein knew how crucial pension was for him and wanted to have same benefit for everyone (Social Credit).

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2014
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          16. Robert Heinlein 1941: "This country has been very good to me, and the taxpayers have supported me for many years.”

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