Robert A. Heinlein

October 21, 1907 - 8 May 8, 1988

A Bibilography

When I first started to read the works written by R.A. Heinlein, I soon realized that I needed to know more. More about his characters, their backgrounds and their stories. While a simple read of the books and stories he has written could help on the last point there, a biographical reference was neccissary. Through just a litte research, this is what I have come up with. The bibliography is ordered by type of work, and includes his juvenile fiction.
 
 

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NOVELS

  • For Us the Living(ca. 1937; UP, manuscript destroyed)
  • Sixth Column (ASF Jan-Feb-Mar 1941; book publication 1949)
  • Methuselah's Children (ASF Jul-Aug-Sep 1941, rewritten and expanded for book publication 1958)
  • Beyond This Horizon (ASF Apr-May 1942; book publication 1948)
  • The Puppet Masters (1951, serialized GAL Sep-Oct-Nov 1951, uncut version published 1990)
  • Double Star (1956, serialized ASF Feb-Mar-Apr 1956, Hugo 1956)
  • The Door into Summer (1957, serialized F&SF Oct-Nov-Dec 1956)
  • Starship Troopers (1959, serialized F&SF Oct-Nov 1959)
  • Stranger in a Strange Land (1961, Hugo 1961, uncut version published 1990)
  • Glory Road (1963, serialized F&SF Jul-Aug-Sep 1963, Hugo nom.)
  • Farnham's Freehold (1965, serialized IF Jul-Aug 1965)
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966, serialized IF Dec 1965 Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr 1966, Hugo nom. 1965, Hugo 1966)
  • I Will Fear No Evil (1970, serialized GAL Jul-Aug-Oct 1970)
  • Time Enough for Love (1973)
  • The Number of the Beast-- (ca. 1976, unpublished)
  • The Number of the Beast (1979, serialized Omni Oct-Nov 1979)
  • Friday (1982)
  • Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984)
  • The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
  • To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)


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    JUVENILE NOVELS

  • Rocket Ship Galileo (1947)
  • Space Cadet (1948)
  • Red Planet (1949)
  • Farmer in the Sky (1950, serialized BL Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov 1950)
  • Between Planets (1951, serialized BB Sep-Oct 1951)
  • The Rolling Stones (1952, serialized BL Sep-Oct-Nov-Dec 1952)
  • Starman Jones (1953)
  • The Star Beast (1954, serialized F&SF, May-Jun-Jul 1954)
  • Tunnel in the Sky (1955)
  • Time for the Stars (1956)
  • Citizen of the Galaxy (1957, serialized ASF Sep-Oct-Nov-Dec 1957)
  • Have Space Suit--Will Travel (1958, serialized F&SF Aug-Sep-Oct 1958, Hugo nom. 1958)
  • Podkayne of Mars (1963, serialized IF Dec 1962 Jan-Feb-Mar 1963)


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    SHORT FICTION

    The hypertext will show you the collection in which the story is printed
  • "Life-Line" (ASF, Aug 1939, in The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Past Through Tomorrow, The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe)
  • "Misfit" (ASF, Nov 1939, in Revolt in 2100, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Requiem" (ASF, Jan 1940, in The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "If This Goes On--" (ASF, Feb-Mar 1940, in Revolt in 2100, The Past Through Tomorrow, rewritten and expanded for book collection)
  • "Successful Operation" (as "Heil!", Futuria Fantasia #4, Summer 1940, as by Lyle Monroe, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Let There Be Light" (SSS, May 1940, as by Lyle Monroe, in The Man Who Sold the Moon)
  • "The Roads Must Roll" (ASF, Jun 1940, in The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Coventry" (ASF, Jul 1940, in The Past Through Tomorrow, Revolt in 2100)
  • "Blowups Happen" (ASF, Sep 1940, in The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, Expanded Universe, rewritten for first anthology in 1946)
  • "Magic, Inc." (Unknown, Sep 1940, in Waldo and Magic, Inc., aka "The Devil Makes the Law")
  • "--And He Built a Crooked House--" (ASF, Feb 1941, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "Logic of Empire" (ASF, Mar 1941, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Beyond Doubt" (Astonishing Stories, Apr 1941, as by Elma Wentz and Lyle Monroe, NC)
  • "They" (Unknown, Apr 1941, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "Solution Unsatisfactory" (ASF, May 1941, as by Anson MacDonald, in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe)
  • "Universe" (ASF, May 1941, in Orphans of the Sky)
  • "'--We Also Walk Dogs'" (ASF, Jul 1941, as by Anson Macdonald, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Elsewhen" (ASF, Sep 1941, as by Caleb Saunders, in Assignment in Eternity)
  • "By His Bootstraps" (ASF, Oct 1941, as by Anson MacDonald, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "Common Sense" (ASF, Oct 1941, in Orphans of the Sky)
  • "Lost Legacy" (SSS, Nov 1941, as by Lyle Monroe, in Assignment in Eternity)
  • "'My Object All Sublime'" (Future, Feb 1942, as by Lyle Monroe, NC)
  • "Goldfish Bowl" (ASF, Mar 1942, as by Anson MacDonald, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "Pied Piper" (Astonishing Stories, Mar 1942, as by Lyle Monroe, NC)
  • "Waldo" (ASF, Aug 1942, as by Anson MacDonald, in Waldo and Magic, Inc.)
  • "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag" (Unknown Worlds, Oct 1942, as by John Riverside, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "A Bathroom of Her Own" (NPP, 1946, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Free Men" (NPP, 1947, in Expanded Universe, The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein)
  • "No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying--" (1947; Vertex #3, 1973, in Expanded Universe)
  • "On the Slopes of Vesuvius" (1947; NPP, in Expanded Universe)
  • "The Green Hills of Earth" (SEP, 8 Feb 1947, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Space Jockey" (SEP, 26 Apr 1947, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Columbus Was a Dope" (Startling Stories, May 1947)
  • "They Do It with Mirrors" (Popular Detective, May 1947, as by Simon York, in Expanded Universe)
  • "It's Great to Be Back!" (SEP, 26 July 1947, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Jerry Was a Man" (TWS, Oct 1947, in Assignment in Eternity)
  • "Water is for Washing" (Argosy, Nov 1947, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "The Man Who
  • "Traveled in Elephants" (1948; Saturn, Oct 1957, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "The Black Pits of Luna" (SEP, 10 Jan 1948, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Gentlemen, Be Seated" (Argosy, May 1948, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Ordeal in Space" (Town & Country, May 1948, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Our Fair City" (Weird Tales, Jan 1949, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon" (BL, Apr-May 1949, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Poor Daddy" (Calling All Girls, Aug 1949, in _Requiem_)
  • "Gulf" (ASF, Nov-Dec 1949, in Assignment in Eternity)
  • "The Long Watch" (American Legion Magazine, Dec 1949, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "Delilah and the Space-Rigger" (BB, Dec 1949, in The Green Hills of Earth, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • "The Man Who Sold the Moon" (NPP, 1950, in The Man Who Sold the Moon)
  • "Cliff and the Calories" (Senior Prom, Aug 1950, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Destination Moon" (Short Stories Magazine, Sep 1950, in _Requiem_)
  • "The Bulletin Board" (NPP, 1951, in _Requiem_)
  • "The Year of the Jackpot" (GAL, Mar 1952, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "Sky Lift" (Imagination, Mar 1953, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "Project Nightmare" (Amazing Stories, May 1953, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "The Menace from Earth" (F&SF, Aug 1957, in The Menace From Earth)
  • "Tenderfoot in Space" (BL, May-Jul 1958, in _Requiem_, aka "Tenderfoot on Venus")
  • "All You Zombies--" (F&SF, Mar 1959, in The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag)
  • "Searchlight" (Scientific American, Aug 1962, in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe, The Past Through Tomorrow)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. 1907- Requiem : new collected works by Robert A. Heinlein and tributes to the grand master / Robert A. Heinlein ; edited by Yoji Kondo. 1992


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    SELECTED NONFICTION

  • "The Discovery of the Future" (Third World Science Fiction Convention Guest of Honor Speech) (1941; in _Requiem_)
  • How to Be a Politician (1946; published 1992 as _Take Back Your Government!_)
  • "On the Writing of Speculative Fiction" (1947)
  • "Pandora's Box" (1950, updated versions 1966, 1973; in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe)
  • "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships" (1952, in Expanded Universe)
  • Tramp Royale (1954; published 1993)
  • "The Third Millenium Opens" (Amazing Stories, Apr 1956, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues" (1957)
  • "The Future Revisited" (Sixteenth World Science Fiction Convention Guest of Honor Speech) (1961; in _Requiem_)
  • "Channel Markers" (James V. Forrestal Graduation Lecture, Annapolis) (1973; complete text published in Analog, Jan 1974, second half only published in Expanded Universe as "The Pragmatics of Patriotism")
  • "Larger than Life" (1979, in Expanded Universe)
  • "Spinoff" (Omni, Mar 1980, in Expanded Universe)
  • "The Happy Days Ahead" (1980, in Expanded Universe)
  • Interstitial commentary in Expanded Universe (1980)
  • Grumbles from the Grave (Virginia Heinlein, ed.) (1989)

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     COOPER LIBRARY --- PS3515.E288 R4 1992 --
     

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    COLLECTIONS

    1. Waldo and Magic, Inc. (1950)


      2. "Waldo"
      "Magic, Inc."
       
       

    2. The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) (There are two editions of this collection. One does not contain the items marked with an asterisk. In addition, the longer collection contains the so-called "raunchy" version of "Let There Be Light," while the shorter edition contains the "clean" version.)


      3.  Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr.*
      Preface
      "Let There Be Light"
      "The Roads Must Roll"
      "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
      "Requiem"
      "Blowups Happen" (1946 version)*
      "Life-Line"*

    3. The Green Hills of Earth (1951)


      4. "Delilah and the Space-Rigger"
      "Space Jockey"
      "The Long Watch"
      "Gentlemen, Be Seated"
      "The Black Pits of Luna"
      "'It's Great to Be Back!'"
      "'--We Also Walk Dogs'"
      "Ordeal in Space"
      "The Green Hills of Earth"
      "Logic of Empire"

    4. Revolt in 2100 (1953)


      5.  Introduction by Henry Kuttner:
      "The Innocent Eye"
      "If This Goes On--"
      "Coventry"
      "Misfit"
      Afterword: "Concerning Stories Never Written"

    5. Assignment in Eternity (1953)


      6. "Gulf"
      "Elsewhen"
      "Lost Legacy"
      "Jerry Was a Man"

    6. The Menace from Earth (1959)


      7. "The Year of the Jackpot"
      "By His Bootstraps"
      "Columbus Was a Dope"
      "The Menace from Earth"
      "Sky Lift"
      "Goldfish Bowl"
      "Project Nightmare"
      "Water is for Washing"

    7. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag (1959) (also published under the title 6xH)


      8. "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag"
      "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"
      "All You Zombies"
      "They"
      "Our Fair City"
      "--And He Built a Crooked House--"

    8. Orphans of the Sky (1963)


      9. "Universe"
      "Common Sense"

    9. The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1966)(Contents completely subsumed by Expanded Universe)


      10. "Pandora's Box" (1950 version plus 1966 updates) (NF)
      "Free Men"
      "Blowups Happen" (1946 version)
      "Searchlight"
      "Life-Line"
      "Solution Unsatisfactory"

    10. The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)


      11.  Introduction by Damon Knight
      "Life-Line"
      "The Roads Must Roll"
      "Blowups Happen" (1946 version)
      "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"
      "Methuselah's Children"

    11. Expanded Universe (1980)


      12.  Foreword
      "Life-Line"
      "Successful Operation"
      "Blowups Happen"(original 1940 version)
      "Solution Unsatisfactory"
      "The Last Days of the United States"(NF)
      "How to Be a Survivor"(NF)
      "Pie from the Sky"(NF)
      "They Do It with Mirrors"
      "Free Men"
      "No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying--"
      "A Bathroom of Her Own"
      "On the Slopes of Vesuvius"
      "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon"
      "Pandora's Box"(1950 version plus 1966, 1980 updates) (NF)
      "Where To?"(NF)
      "Cliff and the Calories"
      "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships" (NF)
      "The Third Millenium Opens"
      "Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?" (NF)
      "Inside Intourist"(NF)
      "Searchlight"
      "The Pragmatics of Patriotism"(NF)
      "Paul Dirac, Antimatter and You"(NF)
      "Larger than Life"(NF)
      "Spinoff"(NF)
      "The Happy Days Ahead"

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    FUTURE HISTORY

    Many of the stories Heinlein has written follow a group of characters in future history. To tie these together, I have come up with a list of grouped stories.
    1. Lifeline
    2. "Let There be Light"
    3. Word Edgewise
    4. The Roads Must Roll
    5. Blowups Happen
    6. The Man Who Sold the Moon
    7. Delilah & the Space Rigger
    8. Space Jockey
    9. R,quiem
    10. The Long Watch
    11. Gentlemen, Be Seated
    12. The Black Pits of Luna
    13. "It's Great to be Back!"
    14. "--We Also Walk Dogs"
    15. Searchlight
    16. Ordeal in Space
    17. The Green Hills of Earth
    18. Fire Down Below
    19. Logic of Empire
    20. The Sound of His Wings
    21. Eclipse
    22. The Stone Pillow
    23. The Menace From Earth
    24. If This Goes On---
    25. Coventry
    26. Misfit
    27. Universe (Prologue only)
    28. Methuselah's Children
    29. Universe
    30. Commonsense
    31. Da Capo
    32. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
    33. The Number of the Beast
    34. The Past Through Tomorrow
    35. Time Enough For Love

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    Links to other R.A. Heinlein Pages

    SuperPowers on RAH
    A SuperPower Report from The Story of Your Life for Robert A Heinlein. Born on July 7, 1907 in Butler, Missouri. Saturn is stationary EXTRAORDINARY WORK...
    --http://www.adze.com/bios/arts/heinlein.html

    R. A. H. Interview
    An Exclusive Look Inside the Mind of America's Greatest Science Fiction Author! J. Neil Schulman's THE ROBERT HEINLEIN INTERVIEW And Other Heinleiniana....
    --http://www.pulpless.com/hein.html

    Official R.A.H. FAQ.
    - FAQ * The Official alt.fan.heinlein Frequently Asked Questions List * FAQ. Version: 0.0.4 Date: 11 December 1995 FAQ Coordinator: Jim Gifford Address:...
    --http://www.boondock.com/rah_faq.htm

    Bio of R.A.H
    ROBERT ANSON HEINLEIN. Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907, the third of seven children of Bam Lyle Heinlein and Rex Ivar Heinlein, in Butler,..
    --http://www.more.net/~kathy/author/heinbio.html

    Acknowledgements

    This page was created using several available resources over the internet, for a class in Science Fiction Literature at Clemson University.