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The science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) was productive during a writing career that spanned the last 49 years of his life; the Robert A. Heinlein bibliography includes 32 novels, 59 short stories and 16 collections published during his life. Four films, two TV series, several episodes of a radio series, at least two songs ('Hijack' by Jefferson Starship and 'Cool Green Hills of Earth' on the 1970 album Ready to Ride and as the b-side of a single by Southwind) and a board game derive more or less directly from his work. He wrote the screenplay for Destination Moon (1950). Heinlein also edited an anthology of other writers' science fiction short stories.

Three non-fiction books and two poems have been published posthumously. One novel has been published posthumously and another, an unusual collaboration, was published in 2006. Four collections have been published posthumously.

Known pseudonyms include Anson MacDonald (7 times), Lyle Monroe (7), John Riverside (1), Caleb Saunders (1), and Simon York (1). [1] All the works originally attributed to MacDonald, Saunders, Riverside and York, and many of the works originally attributed to Lyle Monroe, were later reissued in various Heinlein collections and attributed to Heinlein.

Novels

Novels marked with an asterisk * are part of Scribner's "juvenile" series.

Early Heinlein novels

Heinlein's 1942 novel Beyond This Horizon was reprinted in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1952
The opening installment of The Puppet Masters took the cover of the September 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction

Middle Heinlein novels

Late Heinlein novels

Heinlein works published posthumously

Short fiction

"Future History" short fiction

Other short speculative fiction

All the works initially attributed to Anson MacDonald, Caleb Saunders, John Riverside and Simon York, and many of the works attributed to Lyle Monroe, were later reissued in various Heinlein collections and attributed to Heinlein.

At Heinlein's insistence, the three Lyle Monroe stories marked with the symbol '§' were never reissued in a Heinlein anthology during his lifetime.

Heinlein's novelette "The Year of the Jackpot" was the cover story in the March 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction
Heinlein's short story "Sky Lift" took the cover of the November 1953 issue of Imagination

Other short fiction

Collections

Complete works

  • The Virginia Edition, a 46-volume hardcover collection of all of Robert Heinlein's stories, novels, and nonfiction writing, plus a selection of his personal correspondence, was announced by Meisha Merlin Publishing in April 2005; the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust (which now owns the Heinlein copyrights) instigated the project. Meisha Merlin went out of business in May 2007 after producing six volumes: I Will Fear No Evil, Time Enough for Love, Starship Troopers, For Us, the Living, The Door into Summer, and Double Star.
  • The Heinlein Prize Trust then decided to publish the edition itself, having formed the Virginia Edition Publishing Co. for this purpose. As was true for the Meisha Merlin effort, individual volumes are not offered; subscribers must purchase the entire 46-volume set. The final five volumes (including two volumes of screenwriting, both produced and unproduced) were shipped to subscribers in June 2012.
  • In July 2007, the Heinlein Prize Trust opened the online Heinlein Archives, which allows people to purchase and download items from the Heinlein Archive previously stored at the University of California-Santa Cruz. The Trust makes grants available to those using the archives for scholarly purposes.

Poem

Foreword

Nonfiction

Filmography

Spinoffs

See also

Citations

  1. ^ James Gifford (March 29, 2005). "The Robert A. Heinlein Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ)". Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "1956 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "1959 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "1960 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  5. ^ "1962 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  6. ^ "1964 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  7. ^ "1967 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  8. ^ "1973 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
  9. ^ "1974 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  10. ^ "1983 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  11. ^ "1984 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
  12. ^ "1985 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  13. ^ Bill Patterson (2000). "A Study of 'If This Goes On—'". The Heinlein Journal (7).
  14. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica articles: on Paul Dirac and antimatter, and on blood chemistry. A version of the former, titled "Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You", was published in the anthology Expanded Universe; an afterword gives a normalization equation and presents it, incorrectly as being the Dirac equation.

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