For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs
| Title | For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs |
| Year for Search | 2004 |
| Authors | Heinlein, Robert A[nson](1907-88) |
| Date Published | 2004 |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | 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. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as vol. 4 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. |
| Holding Institutions | Merril |
| Author Note | (1907-88) |
| Full Text | 2004 Heinlein, Robert A[nson] (1907-88). For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs. New York: Scribner. Rpt. as vol. 4 of The Virginia Edition of his works. Decatur, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2006 and separately Houston, TX: The Virginia Edition, 2008. Merril 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. |
