The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein
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Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
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Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1966 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 189 |
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1966.
It includes an introduction entitled "Pandora's Box" that describes some of the difficulties in making predictions about the near future. Heinlein outlines some of his predictions that he made in 1949 (published 1952) and examines how well they stood up to about 15 years of progress in 1965. The prediction was originally published in Galaxy magazine, February 1952, Vol. 3, No. 5, under the title "Where to?" (pp. 13–22).
Following the introduction are five short stories:
- "Free Men" (written c. 1947, but first published in this collection, 1966)
- "Blowups Happen" (1940)
- "Searchlight" (1962)
- "Life-Line" (1939)
- "Solution Unsatisfactory" (1940)
In 1980, the entire contents of this collection, with an updated version of "Pandora's Box", were included in Heinlein's collection Expanded Universe.
External links
- The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- The Green Hills of Earth (1951)
- Revolt in 2100 (1953)
- Orphans of the Sky (1963)
- The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
- Methuselah's Children (1958)
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
- Time Enough for Love (1973)
- The Number of the Beast (1980)
- The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
- To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
- The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)
stories
- "Life-Line"
- "Let There Be Light"
- "The Roads Must Roll"
- "Blowups Happen"
- "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
- "Delilah and the Space Rigger"
- "Space Jockey"
- "Requiem"
- "The Long Watch"
- "Gentlemen, Be Seated!"
- "The Black Pits of Luna"
- "It's Great to Be Back!"
- "—We Also Walk Dogs"
- "Searchlight"
- "Ordeal in Space"
- "The Green Hills of Earth"
- "Logic of Empire"
- "The Menace from Earth"
- "'If This Goes On—'"
- "Coventry"
- "Misfit"
- "Universe"
- "Common Sense"
- The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
- Expanded Universe (1980)