I like his books, particularly the "juvenile" ones like Between Planets, Starman Jones, Farnham's Feeehold, Podkayne of Mars, Starship Troopers, etc. His later ones, when his brain tumor became an issue, were weird like I Fear No Evil, Stranger in a Strange Land, etc.
As far as being voerrated, Heinlein won four Hugo Awards for his novels. In addition, fifty years after publication, three of his works were awarded "Retro Hugos" ? awards given retrospectively for years in which no Hugos had been awarded. He also won the first Grand Master Award given by the Science Fiction Writers of America for lifetime achievement.
Heck, he even developed the idea of the waterbed, and his detailed descriptions of it in three of his books later prevented others from patenting it!
In short, Robert Heinlein is usually identified, along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, as one of the three masters of science fiction to arise in the so-called Golden Age of science fiction.
Overrated? Bah humbag, I say!
source: Wikipedia.
