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Do I need permission to stage this play?

Lutoslawski — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:32:14 -0800

Can I legally stage an original play based on a short story I didn't write? Copyright filter:

There are similar previous posts, but I'm wondering about this piece specifically, etc etc etc.

MeFi's own JaMahodara and I wrote a play/opera/theater piece based on Robert H. Heinlein's 1958 short story All You Zombies.
While its quite a bit different, and we've rearranged the entire narrative, the concept is still pretty rooted in the short story.

We'd like to stage it in Portland, and people would probably be paying to see it. What are the legalities involved here? Do I need permission from his estate? How would I even go about doing that? And is it likely that we could get permission?

Thanks Hive Mind!! You're the best!!!

There's no free lunch

joewandy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:10:49 -0800

What is huhu ? just read Heinlein's book 'The Moon is A Harsh Mistress', noticed that the word huhu used everywhere, but not grok its meaning in fullness.

Google not helping, anybody can help?

Beyond the Brain Eaters

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:37:59 -0800

What are some examples of sci-fi movies that are "unofficially" based on books or stories, to the point of blatant rip-off? Heinlein examples encouraged-- all examples welcome. It was "The Brain Eaters" that got me wondering, so I think you can exclude that example.

Where's the cool stuff in KCMo?

baylink — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:50:55 -0800

I'm attending (as my first real vacation in 20 years) the Heinlein Centennial in KCMo in July. What to do; what to do? I'm a photographer, so I'll be looking for interesting things to take pictures of, in my Copious Free Time, and I'll be taking the bus trip to Butler (Heinlein's birthplace) as well, so that city and the likely travel route are also in play.

And, of course, first vacation in 20 years. :-)

Anyone from there, spent any time there, also going to the event? The convention itself is downtown, the 6th, 7th, and 8th; we're getting in some time on the 5th, and coming back on the 9th.

Heinlein Quote Question

davereed — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:21:33 -0800

I ALMOST remember a quote from a book by Robert A. Heinlein. It was something like "I'm as tender-hearted as the next man, but if there was a way of sortin' em out at birth, I'd take my turn at drowning 'em." Of course, there's ... I think it was one of the juveniles, "The Rolling Stone", "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" or "Farmer in the Sky". Or something like that. Or course, I could be completely off-base. I don't even remember who the speaker is talking about.

I just re-read Farmer in the Sky, so I'm pretty sure it's NOT there.

Are there any Heinlein Fans with better memories that me? Does anybody remember which book it's in? Anything else that will let me find it again would be great. Chapter? page number? anything.

Thanks.

Any suggestions on a good Heinlein discussion site?

Monday — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:18:44 -0800

I am a fan of Robert A. Heinlein. I am also a fan of Jane Austen, and I like reading the discussions of her works at pemberley.com. I haven't found a site that discusses Heinlein's work in a similar way. Do you have any suggestions? It would have to be moderated so the discusion was polite and stayed reasonably on topic.

Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land: What IS the Symbolism of Tattooing and Snakes?

Katemonkey — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:09:50 -0800

From Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein:

"Jill, you've read some abnormal psychology."
"Yes, of course. In training. Not as much as you have, I know."
"Do you know the symbolism of tattooing? And snakes?"
"Of course. I knew that about Patty as soon as I met her. I had been hoping that you would find a way."

Now, as someone who has been wanting to be a crazy tattooed lady since she was five, what's the symbolism?