Editing Robert A. Heinlein (section)

===Influence among writers===
Heinlein has had a pervasive influence on other science fiction writers. In a 1953 poll of leading science fiction authors, he was cited more frequently as an influence than any other modern writer.<ref>Panshin, p. 3, describing de Camp's Science Fiction Handbook</ref> Critic James Gifford writes that

{{blockquote|text=Although many other writers have exceeded Heinlein's output, few can claim to match his broad and seminal influence. Scores of science fiction writers from the prewar Golden Age through the present day loudly and enthusiastically credit Heinlein for blazing the trails of their own careers, and shaping their styles and stories.|author=Robert A. Heinlein|title=''A Reader's Companion''|source=p. xiii}}

Heinlein gave Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle extensive advice on a draft manuscript of ''[[The Mote in God's Eye]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2013 |work=The Virginia Edition: A Sample of the Series |title=Letter to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle about'' The Mote in God's Eye'' |first=Robert A. |last=Heinlein |url=http://www.virginiaedition.com/ve/TheVirginiaEdition-sample.pdf#page=23 |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701140830/http://www.virginiaedition.com/ve/TheVirginiaEdition-sample.pdf#page=23 |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He contributed a cover blurb "Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." In their novel [[Footfall]], Niven and Pournelle included Robert A. Heinlein as a character under the name "Bob Anson." Anson in the novel is a respected and well-known science-fiction author. Writer [[David Gerrold]], responsible for creating the tribbles in ''Star Trek'', also credited Heinlein as the inspiration for his [[The Dingilliad|''Dingilliad'']] series of novels. [[Gregory Benford]] refers to his novel ''Jupiter Project'' as a Heinlein tribute. Similarly, [[Charles Stross]] says his Hugo Award-nominated novel [[Saturn's Children (novel)|''Saturn's Children'']] is "a space opera and late-period Robert A. Heinlein tribute",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antipope.org/charlie/fiction/faq.html|title=The Charles Stross FAQ|website=Antipope.org|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125014416/http://www.antipope.org/charlie/fiction/faq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> referring to Heinlein's ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/08/interview-1.html#comment-57213 |title=Interview—Charlie's Diary |publisher=Antipope.org |date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2012 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102074641/http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/08/interview-1.html#comment-57213 |url-status=live }}</ref> The theme and plot of Kameron Hurley's novel, ''The Light Brigade'' clearly echo those of Heinlein's ''Starship Troopers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18276076/kameron-hurley-the-light-brigade-military-science-fiction-book-review|title=The Light Brigade is a worthy successor to Starship Troopers|first=Andrew|last=Liptak|date=March 28, 2019|website=The Verge|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417002747/https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18276076/kameron-hurley-the-light-brigade-military-science-fiction-book-review|url-status=live}}</ref>