TY - ABST T1 - The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes Y1 - 2020 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The novel begins with the same protagonists as in his 1980 The Number of the Beast and then takes them into a parallel universe that uses settings from Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) and the Lensman series by E[dward] E[lmer] “Doc” Smith (1890-1965).

PB - Caezik SF & Fantasy/Arc Manor CY - Rockville, MD SN - 978-1-64710-001-8 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs Y1 - 2004 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Written in 1939. This is Heinlein's first novel, which was rejected by publishers at the time and thought lost. Libertarian eutopia with clear divisions between what is in the public and private spheres and a system of social credit or "heritage checks" that provides everyone a basic guaranteed income. Many technological advances, some of which Heinlein used later.

PB - Scribner CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. as vol. 4 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008.

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Merril

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls; A Comedy of Manners Y1 - 1985 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A number of societies on the moon, some of which were planned to be more free than Earth, that are succumbing to struggles for power presented from a libertarian perspective.

PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. as vol. 27 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010.

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Merril

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Friday Y1 - 1982 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia in which North America has disintegrated into numerous independent countries.

PB - Holt, Rinehart & Winston CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. as vol. 24 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010. Excerpt published in Science Fiction Digest 1.4 (September-October 1982): 28-51 with "On Heinlein's Friday" by Jack [John Stewart] Williamson (26-27).

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Number of the Beast Y1 - 1980 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Something of a tour of an imaginary solar system in which the protagonists land in a number of societies drawn from fantasy and science fiction. His The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes. Rockville, MD: Caezik SF & Fantasy/Arc Manor, 2020, which was put together from his manuscript and handwritten notes, begins with the same protagonists but then takes them into a parallel universe.

PB - Fawcett Columbine CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. as vol. 25 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010. Extract published in Omni 2.1 - 2 (October - November 1979: 66-69, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138; 56-58, 60-64, 112, 114-18, 120, 122, 124-28.

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Illus. Richard M. Powers

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long Y1 - 1973 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Wide-ranging detailed eutopia and dystopia. 

PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. New York: Berkley Medallion, 1974; and as vol. 2 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. Excerpts of the aphorisms published as The Notebooks of Lazarus Long. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. Extract published in Science Fiction Monthly (London) 1.3 ([March 1974]): 2-4.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - I Will Fear No Evil Y1 - 1970 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia of violence.

PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. as vol. 1 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. Also published in Galaxy Science Fiction 30.4 - 31.1 (July - December 1970): 4-25, 96-184, 100-90; 96-186.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Y1 - 1966 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Libertarian eutopia emerges on the Moon after a struggle with an authoritarian government. Free market. New social forms, such as a wide range of forms of marriage, have developed. Slogan is TANSTAAFL--There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. New York: Tor, 1996. Rpt. as vol. 33 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010. A shorter version was originally published in If 15.12 - 16.4 (December 1965 - April 1966): 8-57; 42-98, 103-47, 93-159, 111-60.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Farnham's Freehold Y1 - 1964 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Authoritarian dystopia of future war with a libertarian enclave surviving and flourishing.

PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

U.K. ed. London: Dobson Books, 1965. Rpt. as vol. 42 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2007. Also published as ed. by Frederik [George] Pohl, [Jr.] (b. 1919) in If 14.3 - 5 (July - October 1964): 6-77, 72-130, 66-130. The third issue was originally dated September, but October 1964 was printed over September 1964.

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Merril, O, PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Orphans of the Sky Y1 - 1963 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Multi-generation starship turns into a dictatorship of scientists.

PB - Victor Gollancz CY - London N1 -

Rpt. St. Albans, Eng.: Panther, 1975. U.S. ed. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. Originally published as "Universe." Astounding Science Fiction 27.3 (May 1941): 9-42 [Rpt. as Universe. [At the head of the title Adventure on a Gigantic Spaceship]. New York: Dell, 1951]; and "Common Sense." Astounding Science Fiction 28.2 (October 1941): 102-24, 126-34, 136-38, 140-42, 144-48, 150-54.

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Merril

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Stranger in a Strange Land Y1 - 1961 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Communal eutopia of love, sharing, and group sex set in an authoritarian dystopia. The novel became a favorite during the Sixties.

PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Uncut ed. New York: Ace/Putnam, 1991. Rpt. as vol. 8 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2007. Collector's Edition illus. Kent Bush and with a "Preface" by Virginia Heinlein and an "Introduction" by James Gunn (both unpaged). Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1995.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Starship Troopers Y1 - 1959 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia with constant war that presents the military, and particularly the infantry, positively.

PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. New York: New American Library, 1961; New York: Berkley, 1968; New York: Ace Books, 1987; and as vol. 3 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2006; and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. Also published as “Starship Soldier.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 17.4 - 5 (101 - 102) (October - November 1959): 103-62; 51-95. Rpt. in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. British Edition 1.8 - 10 (July - September 1960): 83-128; 96-128; 92-128. 

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Also as "Starship Soldier"

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CU-Riv, L, Merril, PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Citizen of the Galaxy" Y1 - 1957 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A future dystopia where slavery is practiced on some planets, but every spaceship is a sovereign state.

JF - Astounding Science Fiction VL - 40.1 - 4 N1 -

Repub. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957; and as vol. 20 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Door Into Summer" Y1 - 1956 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The novel is set in 1970 and 2000 and is primarily science fiction with a man who is frozen in 1970, wakes in 2000, time travels back to 1970, and returns to 2000 having resolved his 1970s problems in ways that will make his life in 2000 better. 2000 is generally presented positively and 1970 negatively but both have problems.

JF - The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (New York) VL - 11.4 - 6 (65-67) N1 -

Repub. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. Rpt. as vol. 5 The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Beyond This Horizon Y1 - 1948 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

An essentially good society based on eugenic planning and with the idea of a future even better human race. The eutopia is generally libertarian with all men, and some women, always armed, thus ensuring peaceful relations. A group of men of lower quality try to gain control and fail.

PB - Fantasy Press CY - Reading, PA N1 -

Rpt. without the illustrations. New York: New American Library, 1960. Rpt. as vol. 7 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. Part originally published as by Anson MacDonald [pseud.] as "Beyond This Horizon." Astounding Science Fiction (New York) 29.2 - 3 (April - May 1942): 9-50, 55-97.

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Illus. Robert Breck.

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Anson MacDonald [pseud.]. See Info notes.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Sixth Column" Y1 - 1941 A1 - [Robert Anson] [Heinlein] (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Authoritarian dystopia and the revolt against it. The United States had been invaded by an Asian army and only six people were left alive in a U.S. military research establishment. They manage to defeat the invaders. 1943 Leiber is something of a response.

JF - Astounding Science Fiction (New York) VL - 26.5 - 27.1 N1 -

Rpt. as by Robert A[nson] Heinlein. Sixth Column: A Science Fiction Novel of Strange Intrigue. New York: Gnome, 1949; and as The Day After Tomorrow. New York: New American Library, 1949. Rpt. as Sixth Column as vol. 30 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2007; and as Sixth Column. New York Baen, 2012 with an "Introduction" by William H. Patterson (v-vii) and an "Afterword" by Tom Kratman (173-83).

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The Day After Tomorrow. New York: New American Library, 1949.

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Anson MacDonald [pseud.]

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Merril, PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Coventry" Y1 - 1940 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopias and a eutopia set after the revolution against the religious dystopia of Heinlein's 1940 "If This Goes On", better known as Revolt in 2100. Four societies are depicted, three of them in the area known as Coventry and the fourth the eutopian society created after the revolution that sends people to Coventry as a punishment for harming another citizen. The three dystopias are New America, a corrupt democracy; the Free State, a dictatorship; and the Angels, the remnants of the overthrown religious dystopia.

JF - Astounding Science Fiction (New York) VL - 25.5 N1 -

Rpt. in his The Past Through Tomorrow: "Future History" Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967), 471-508; and in The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume II. Vol. 23 of the Virginia edition of his works (Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010), 181-230.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - If This Goes On-- Y1 - 1940 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

An American theocracy and the revolt against it.

JF - Astounding Science-Fiction (New York) VL - 24.6 - 7 N1 -

Rpt. in his The Past Through Tomorrow: “Future History” Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1967), 361-470; and as part of Revolt in 2100: The Prophets and the Triumph of Reason Over Superstition (Chicago, IL: Shasta Publisher, 1953), 21-221, with two stories that are loosely related to “If This Goes On--”, “Coventry” (222-88), which is a utopia (see 1940 Heinlein, “Coventry”) and “Misfit” (289-317), which is non-utopian and reprinted from Astounding Science-Fiction (New York) 24.3 (November 1939): 53-67. In addition, Revolt in 2100 contains “The Innocent Eye: An Introduction” by Henry Kuttner (9-12) and “Concerning Stories Never Written” by Heinlein (13-19). Book rpt. without the subtitle New York: New American Library, 1955 with Kuttner's introduction (9-10); “‘If This Goes On--’” (11-129), “Coventry” (129-170), “Misfit” (170-88), and “Concerning Stories Never Written: Postscript” (189-92); and New York: Baen Books, 1981 with Kuttner's introduction (ix-x); “‘If This Goes On--’” (1-139), “Coventry” (141-186), “Misfit” (187-208), and “Concerning Stories Never Written: Postscript” (209-13); as Revolt in 2100 & Methuselah's Children. New York: Baen, 1999. with Kuttner’s introduction (3-5), “‘If This Goes On--’” (7-174), “Coventry” (175-233), “Misfit” (235-60), and “Concerning Stories Never Written: Postscript” (261-66). U.K. ed. of Revolt in 2100. London: Gollancz, 1964 without the subtitle, Kuttner’s introduction, or “Concerning Stories Never Written”, with “‘If This Goes On--’” (9-209), “Coventry” (210-76), and “Misfit” (277-305).

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Roads Must Roll" Y1 - 1940 A1 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein (1907-88) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Society organized around moving roadways.

JF - Astounding Science-Fiction (New York) VL - 25.4 N1 -

U.K. ed. Astounding-Science Fiction 25.4 (June 1940): 9-37. Rpt in his The Past Through Tomorrow: “Future History” Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1967), 30-59; and in his The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume 1. Vol. 22 of the Virginia edition of his works (Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2010), 51-89. 

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