Does anyone remember the one about the “Pan-Asian” conquest of America? I think “Revolt in 2010” was the title I read it under in the 8th grade, for a book report. I had a teacher criticize it as “racist”.
The lady didn’t know what to say when I pointed out that one of the heroes was black and another was Japanese-American, and that the writer’s enmity was directed at the invaders, traitors and collaboraters, one of whom very satisfyingly gets his throat cut after a sort of drum head trial conducted with scopalomine, “It’s war, he just confessed”, or words to that effect.
Heinlein, aside from his own merits, got me interested in all sorts of other literature as well. I’m glad I discovered him first in sf though, he was a gateway to all the Golden Age sf I subsequently read.
I think if I had started with the “New Wave” sf I would have been turned off and never discovered people like Sturgeon, Kornbluth, Asimov, Bester, van Vogt, Laumer, Anderson....Thanks RAH.