It is in this middle period that he wrote the novels that would secure his fame as one of the leading science fiction writers of his era, pushing the boundaries of the science fiction genre and showing that even an established author could compete with the avante garde authors of Britain's New Wave. Although he continued to work under editorial guidance, and his works were still edited for both length and content, he no longer had to deal with the sort of picayune objections he'd battled in his earlier career (as documented in Grumbles from the Grave). In the middle, as he became a respected figure in the field and editors increasingly trusted his judgment, he was given a far wider range of discretion in both length and subject matter of his works. During the first part of his career, in which he produced the early short stories of the First Future History and his YA novels, he was typically working on very tight editorial direction, and as a result his works represented as much the views of his editors as himself. Heinlein's career has three major phases. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A.
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