{"id":799,"date":"2013-02-22T20:58:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=799"},"modified":"2013-02-22T20:58:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:58:20","slug":"kickstarting-a-graphic-novel-version-of-heinleins-citizen-of-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarting a graphic novel version of Heinlein&#8217;s &#8220;Citizen of the Galaxy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd-funding campaign has been opened to fund a graphic novel version of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_A._Heinlein\" target=\"_d\">Robert A. Heinlein<\/a>&#8216;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizen_of_the_Galaxy\" target=\"_d\">Citizen of the Galaxy<\/a> first published in 1957: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ergignac\/robert-a-heinleins-citizen-of-the-galaxy-graphic-n\" target=\"_blank\">Robert A. Heinlein&#8217;s Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel by Eric Gignac \u2014 Kickstarter <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Citizen of the Galaxy <\/b>will be the first graphic novel adapted from Robert Heinlein\u2019s Virginia Edition, which is the complete and definitive 46 volume collector\u2019s set of all of Heinlein&#8217;s works. This project is approved by the copyright owner, the Heinlein Prize Trust and will be produced with the support of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaedition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Edition Publishing Company<\/a>. The purpose of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heinleinprize.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heinlein Prize<\/a> is to encourage and reward progress in commercial space activities that advances Robert and his wife Virginia\u2019s dream of humanity\u2019s future in space. The Virginia Edition Publishing Company is responsible for the production and distribution of the authoritative text of all of Robert Heinlein\u2019s published fiction and non-fiction \u2013 The Robert A. Heinlein: Virginia Edition Collection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ergignac\/robert-a-heinleins-citizen-of-the-galaxy-graphic-n\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, the Robert Heinlein books at the local library got me interested in space travel. I hope this graphic novel will inspire such an interest in some of today&#8217;s young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd-funding campaign has been opened to fund a graphic novel version of Robert A. Heinlein&#8216;s book Citizen of the Galaxy first published in 1957: Robert A. Heinlein&#8217;s Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel by Eric Gignac \u2014 Kickstarter Citizen of the Galaxy will be the first graphic novel adapted from Robert Heinlein\u2019s Virginia Edition, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=799\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kickstarting a graphic novel version of Heinlein&#8217;s &#8220;Citizen of the Galaxy&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-solar-sci-fi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-cT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6086,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6086","url_meta":{"origin":799,"position":0},"title":"Geoffrey Landis wins the 2014 Robert A. 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