The problems of today's youth were no longer a Sunday supplement, or a news broadcast, or anything so remote and intangible. They were suddenly become a dirty, shivering boy, who told us that in this world we had built for him with our sweat and our blood, he was not only tired of living, but so unscared of dying that he did it daily, sometimes for recreation.

Heinlein to expand it into a novel. The book titled Variable Star was released on September 19 2006. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1974)
Hugo Awards for:
best novella (1977) By Any Other Name (later expanded into Telempath)
best novella (1978) Stardance (with Jeanne Robinson)
best short story (1983) Melancholy Elephants

Nebula Award for:
best novella (1977) Stardance (with Jeanne Robinson)

2008 Robert A.