Submission + - Robert A. Heinlein's 100th birthday
sasdrtx writes: Today is Robert A. Heinlein's 100th birthday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein). From the article:
[He] was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard" science fiction. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility, and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality.