I received an interesting email from Bill Patterson editor of The Heinlein Journal, of The Heinlein Society:
"In February 1954 Robert and Virignia Heinlein came to Brisbane,
Australia and made their way to Sydney where they stayed for
approximately two weeks, partly for tourist purposes, partly to
investigate a piracy of "Life-Line" (that turned out to be a piracy of his American publisher, Shasta, rather than a piracy on the part of the Australian publisher, who had put the story out as a small paperback -- a very rare item, indeed, if you happen to own it).
While in Sydney, he was contacted by the local SF club, The Futurian
Society, and apparently gave a speech to them one Thursday evening.in
"the club room." A Brian Finch wrote thanking him for that talk. In
June, there are two letters from "Vol and Laura" (no last names) saying they had heard a taped message he had recorded for the then-recent convention in Sydney.
I am trying to find out whether that tape recording (possibly it was a wire recording at that time) still exists in original or in some form of transcript."
Does anyone know about this tape recording? Please let us know!
"In February 1954 Robert and Virignia Heinlein came to Brisbane,
Australia and made their way to Sydney where they stayed for
approximately two weeks, partly for tourist purposes, partly to
investigate a piracy of "Life-Line" (that turned out to be a piracy of his American publisher, Shasta, rather than a piracy on the part of the Australian publisher, who had put the story out as a small paperback -- a very rare item, indeed, if you happen to own it).
While in Sydney, he was contacted by the local SF club, The Futurian
Society, and apparently gave a speech to them one Thursday evening.in
"the club room." A Brian Finch wrote thanking him for that talk. In
June, there are two letters from "Vol and Laura" (no last names) saying they had heard a taped message he had recorded for the then-recent convention in Sydney.
I am trying to find out whether that tape recording (possibly it was a wire recording at that time) still exists in original or in some form of transcript."
Does anyone know about this tape recording? Please let us know!









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