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Ace Books
Advent:Publishers
    books from - 1, 2, 3
    George Price
ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE
AFTER DOOMSDAY (Anderson)
"All Aboard the Gemini"
"All Summer in a Day" (Bradbury)
" 'All You Zombies--' "
    initiates Period of Alienation
    straightforward construction, complex plot
    as dirty joke, conception in
    Heinlein Individual, solipsism
Amazing Stories
    Heinlein material - 1, 2, 3, 4
American Legion Magazine
American Mercury
Amra
Analog Science Fiction-Science Fact
    (formerly Astounding Science Fiction)
    - 1, 2, 3
" 'And He Built a Crooked House' "
    in Future History -- later dropped
"And Now the News . . ." (Sturgeon)
    based on Heinlein idea
    Sturgeon treatment
Anderson, Poul
    stories by -  1, 2, 3
    future history , writing style
Argosy
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2
ARROWSMITH (S. Lewis)
"As I See Tomorrow" - 1, 2
Ashwell, Pauline
Asimov, Isaac
    in Astounding Golden Age
    future history
    Podkayne compared to Arkady Darell
    letter in Astonishing
    at Philadelphia Navy Yard
    Hoffman Electronics advertisements
ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY
Astonishing Stories
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2
Astounding Science Fiction
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
        11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
    first sale, early stories outside Astounding
    use of pen names , Future History chart
    leaves Astounding after World War II
    Campbell as editor, Unknown
    political sf, "Unwillingly to School"
Author and Journalist
Azimov, Isaac

"Back of the Moon"
Ballantine Books
Bellamy, Edward
BEST FROM STARTLING STORIES, THE
Bester, Alfred
BETWEEN PLANETS
    reference to Ganymede, as juvenile
    distinctive alien, weak ending
    Man-Who-Learned-Better
    Shakespeare quote
"Beyond Doubt"
    mysticism
BEYOND THIS HORIZON
    dedicated to Caleb Lanning
    among Heinlein's best -  1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    well-constructed society - 1, 2
    multiple points of view, interest in process
    romance in, weak ending
    stress on freedom, libertarianism
    hero a part of his society, wolfish morality
    Heinlein Individual - 1, 2
    reincarnation, solipsism
Bierce, Ambrose
"Black Pits of Luna, The"
Blish, James
    "call a rabbit a smeerp"
    "intensively recomplicated"
    on Strange in a Strange Land
    future history, The Triumph of Time
Bloch, Robert
"Blowups Happen"
Blue Book
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2
"Bombardment in Reverse" (N.L. Knight)
Boone, Lincoln
Boucher, Anthony
    acknowledgments
    review of The Pupper Masters
    opinion of Time for the Stars
    opinion of Podkayne of Mars
    review of "Waldo"
Boys' Life
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2, 3, 4
    some stories never reprinted
Bradbury, Ray
Bretnor, Reginald
Briney, Robert
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
    sword-and-sorcery, two-pronged plots
"By His Bootstraps"
    use of penname, short novel length
    compared to " 'All You Zombies--' "
    straightforward construction, complex plot
    Heinlein Individual

Campbell, John W.
    editor of Astounding and Unknown
    opinion of "Life-Line"
    source of plot for Sixth Column
    prints list of Future History stories
    introduction of Future History
    publishes "Elsewhere"
    November 1949 trick issue
    intro to The Man Who Sold the Moon
Captain Future
Captain Video
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Kipling)
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
"Child by Chronos" (Harness)
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
    among Heinlein's best
    parts don't hang together
    Heinlein Individual
    stereotypical character
    sexually naive hero
    hero's special talent
Clement, Hal
"Cold Equations, The" (Godwin)
Collier, John
Collier's
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
"Columbus Was a Dope"
    gimmick story
"Common Sense"
"Concerning Stories Never Written"
"Conditionally Human" (W. Miller)
Cornog, Robert
"Corpse in Your Bed Is Me, The"
    (Miller/Boone)
"Coventry"
    short novel length
    construction and execution
    man who learns better
    libertarianism
    hero who rejects society
Cox, Arthur Jean
Cummings, Ray

Davenport, Basil
de Camp, L. Sprague 
    acknowledgments
    poll in Science-Fiction Handbook - 1, 2
    description of Heinlein
    comment on Methuselah's Children
    on the weakness of Heinlein's endings
    in Astounding Golden Age
    at Philadelphia Navy Yard
De Vore, Howard
"Delilah and the Space-Rigger"
Dell Publishing Co.
Descartes, Rene
Destination Moon (movie)
    based on Rocket Ship Galileo - 1, 2
    short story based on screenplay
"Destination Moon"
"Devil Makes the Law, The"
Dietz, Frank
"Discovery of the Future, The"
DOOR INTO SUMMER, THE
    neurotic child
    unusual romance - 1, 2
    complex plot
DOUBLE STAR
    apolitical hero, hero part of his society
    based on idea from The Star Beast
    similarities to other adult novels
    romantic situation, elitism
    Shakespeare quote
DRAGON IN THE SEA, THE (Hebert)
"Dwindling Sphere, The" (Hawkins)
DYING EARTH, THE (Vance)
    way of handling magic, example of style
    sword-and-sorcery, romantic sf

Ecclesiastes
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
"Elephant Circuit, The"
"Elsewhen" ("Elsewhere")
    use of penname, plot flaws, mysticism
    denial of death, denial of reality
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
ENEMY STARS, THE (Anderson)

Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF)
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    review of "Misfit"
    review of "Waldo"
    review of The Pupper Masters
    Time for the Stars not serialized
    stories by other authors -1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Fantasy Press
    books from - 1, 2
FARMER IN THE SKY
    weak ending - 1, 2
    references to Rhysling
    Heinlein Individual
    dealing with the strange-but-normal
FARNHAM'S FREEHOLD
    cut in serialization
    female characters not developed
    sexual romanticism - 1, 2
    construction and execution
    not successful, lack of clear context
    rejection of society, Shakespeare quote
    Heinlein Individual, doubt and defeat
    failure of the competent hero
    relation to "The Patrick Henry League"
    relation to 1961 Worldcon speech
Farrar, Straus & Young
FIRST FLIGHT (Knight)
Flaubert, Gustave
"Flight into the Future"
FREDDY THE PIG (Brooks)
"Free Men"
Future
Future History
    mainly appeared under own name
    introduced by John Campbell
    "Coventry"
    "The Long Watch"
    "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
"Future Revisited, The"

Galaxy Science Fiction
    Heinlein material - 1, 2, 3, 4
    story by Walter M. Miller
    political sf
Geary, Clifford (illustrator) - 1, 2
"Gentlemen, Be Seated!"
Gernsback, Hugo
Gerstenfeld, Virginia
GLORY ROAD
    unsuccessful, doubt and defeat
    meaningless goal
    spiral structure, weak ending
    featureless background
    romantic situation, bright dialogue
    sexual romanticism - 1, 2, 3
    elitism, hero's special talent
Gnome Press
"Goldfish Bowl"
"Green Hills of Earth, The"
    comparative low point
    not originally Future History - 1, 2
GREEN HILLS OF EARTH, THE - 1, 2, 3
"Gulf"
    stories of 1949
    artibrary conclusion -  1, 2
    elitism - 1, 2

Halevy, Al
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Harmon, Jim
Harness, Charles
HAVE SPACE SUIT--WILL TRAVEL
    among Heinlein's best - 1, 2, 3
    concern with facts - 1, 2
    interest in time travel
    delightful female character
    distinctive alien
    circular structure
    construction and execution - 1, 2
    Shakespeare quote
Hawkins, Willard E.
Healy, Raymond J.
Heinlein, Leslyn McDonald
Heinlein, Virginia Gerstenfeld - 1, 2
HIGH CRUSADE, THE (Anderson)
Hillman Periodicals
Hoen, Richard
Hoffman Electronics Corporation
Howard, Robert E.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Twain)
Hugo award
    won by Heinlein - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

If
" 'If This Goes On--' "
    Future History
    followed by "Coventry" - 1, 2
    sloppy plotting -  1, 2
    forced emotion, bright dialogue
    apolitical hero; liberty - 1, 2
    Heinlein Individual - 1, 2
    sexual romanticism - 1, 2
Imagination
IN SEARCH OF WONDER (Knight)
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
"Introduction" (to Tomorrow the Stars)
ISSUE AT HAND, THE (Blish) - 1, 2
"It's Great to Be Back"
    not very science-fictional
    unclichéd marital relationship

"Jerry Is a Man" ("Jerry Was a Man")
JUNGLE BOOKS, THE (Kipling)

KIM (Kipling)
Kipling, Rudyard
 

Knight, Damon - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    as illustrator
Knight, Norman L.
Kornbluth, Cyril M.
Korzybski, Alfred

Lancer Books
Laning, Caleb B.
Leiber, Fritz
Leinster, Murray
    writing since 1919
    contrast with Heinlein
    policy of not describing characters
" 'Let There Be Light' "
    in Future History -- later dropped
    sexual banter
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Ley, Willy
"Life-Line"
    first story, interest in time travel
    focus on society, plot flaws
Little, Brown and Co.
LITTLE FUZZY (Piper)
"Logic of Empire"
    position in Future History
LOLITA (Nabukov)
"Long Watch, The"
    shoehorned into Future History
LOOKING BACKWARD (Bellamy)
"Lost Legacy" ("Lost Legion")
    mysticism, characters remake society
Lowell, Percival

McComas, J. Francis
    comment on Tom Corbett
    review of The Pupper Masters
    review of "Waldo"
MacDonald, Anson (Heinlein pseud.)
    source of name, where used
    given up after World War II
    "Waldo", " '--We Also Walk Dogs' "
McDonald, Leslyn
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The -- See: Fantasy and Science Fiction
"Magic, Inc."
    pure fantasy
"Man Overboard" (Collier)
"Man Who Came Early, The" (Anderson)
"Man Who Sold the Moon, The"
    prequel to "Requiem", romantic situation
MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON, THE
    Campbell introduction
"Man Who Traveled in Elephants, The"
Meet the Press
"Menace from Earth, The"
    added to Future History
    skill at world-building - 1, 2
    unconvincing heroine
Merril, Judith
METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN
    Future History
    casually tossed-off ideas
    hero's discomfort about incest
    desire for longevity
    1958 revision
Mikado, The (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Miller, P. Schuyler
Miller, Walter M., Jr. - 1, 2
"Misfit"
    plot flaws - 1, 2, 3
    focus on society, hero's special talent
    Libby in Methuselah's Children
    Future History
MISSION OF GRAVITY (Clement) - 1, 2
MOBY DICK (Melville)
MODERN SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Bretnor)
Monroe, Lyle (Heinlein pseud.) 
    use of pseudonym - 1, 2, 3, 4
MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, THE
    comment by James Blish
    sexual romanticism, ineffectual narrator
MORE THAN HUMAN (Sturgeon)
Morris, Robert
Moskowitz, Sam - 1, 2
" 'My Object All Sublime' "
    better forgotten
Myers, John

NINTH ANNUAL OF THE YEAR'S BEST SF, THE (ed. Boucher)
"No Truce With Kings"
"Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon"
    concerned with Scouting, never reprinted

OF WORLDS BEYOND - 1, 2
"On the Writing of Speculative Fiction"
"Ordeal in Space"
ORPHANS OF THE SKY
    Future History, two-headed mutant
OTHER HUMAN RACE, THE (Piper)
"Our Fair City"

"Pandora's Box"
Panshin, Alexei
PAST THROUGH TOMORROW, THE
Patrick Henry League, The
"Pied Piper"
Piper, H. Beam - 1, 2, 3
"Planets in Combat"
Plato
PODKAYNE OF MARS
    not a typical Heinlein juvenile, weak plot
Pogo
"Pravda Means 'Truth' "
"Preface"
Price, George W. - 1, 2, 3
Project Moonbase
"Project Nightmare"
PUCK OF POOK'S HILL (Kipling)
PUPPET MASTERS, THE
    first adult novel since 1942
    linear structure, sexual romanticism
    man as a wild animal - 1, 2
    Heinlein Individual - 1, 2
    interest in society, stress on freedom
    relation to "The Patrick Henry League"
Putnam

"Ray Guns and Rocket Ships"
RED PLANET
    among Heinlein's best - 1, 2, 3
    distinctive alien, Martian ghosts
Reinsberg, Mark
"Requiem"
    linked to "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
    stress on freedom
REQUIEM FOR ASTOUNDING, A (Roger
    1, 2
REVOLT IN 2100 - 1, 2
Riley, Frank
Riverside, John (Heinlein pseud.) - 1, 2
"Roads Must Roll, The"
ROBINSON CRUSOE (Defoe)
ROCKET SHIP GALILEO
    among weaker juveniles - 1, 2, 3
    extinct Lunarians, space suits
    romantic situation
    basis of Destination Moon
Rogers, Alva
   on Heinlein's influence
   on Methuselah's Children
ROLLING STONES, THE
    twins, skillful use of context
    episodic structure, Heinlein Individual
    linked to The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

"Satellite Scout"
Saturday Evening Post
    Heinlein stories- 1, 2, 3, 4
    typical romantic realism
Saturn
Saunders, Caleb (Heinlein pseud.) - 1, 2
School Library Association of California Bulletin
SCIENCE-FICTION HANDBOOK - 1, 2, 3
"Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues"
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, THE - 1, 2
Scientific American
Scortia, Thomas N.
Scribner's
    Heinlein juveniles - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
        7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Clifford Geary illustrations
"Searchlight"
    added to Future History
SECOND FOUNDATION (Asimov)
Shakespeare, William
Shangri-L'Affaires
"Shooting 'Destination Moon' "
Short Stories Magazine
SIXTH COLUMN
    similar plot in "Free Men"
    romantic situation, stress on freedom
"Sky Lift"
    develops a genuine problem
"Solution Unsatisfactory"
SPACE CADET
    obvious story
    asteroids as former planet
    reference to Ganymede
    basis of "The Long Watch" - 1, 2
    stereotypical character
"Space Jockey"
    linked to "Gentlemen, Be Seated!"
Stapledon, Olaf
STAR BEAST, THE
    among Heinlein's best
    darkness of tone
    characters not described
    Heinlein Individual
    stereotypical characters
"Star Lummox"
STARMAN JONES
    among Heinlein's best - 1, 2
    darkness of tone
    man as a wild animal - 1, 2
    stereotypical character, well-built plot
    character-centered story, bright dialogue
    hero's special talent, Heinlein Individual
"Starship Soldier"
STARSHIP TROOPERS
    cut in serialization
    similarities to The Pupper Masters
    flogging of bad drivers
    man as a wild animal - 1, 2
    government right by definition
    faceless narrator, Heinlein Individual
    unusually complex structure
    definition of value
    relation to "The Patrick Henry League"
Startling Stories
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
    comment by James Blish
    among Heinlein's most ambitious
    uses same idea as gave to Sturgeon
    significance of name "Michael"
    Heinlein Individual - 1, 2, 3
    Martian ghosts - 1, 2
    hero's special talent
    characters barely described
    sexual romanticism
    fits Heinlein's definition of fantasy
Street and Smith Publications
Sturgeon, Theodore
    writing as long as Heinlein
    in Astounding Golden Age
    given story ideas by Heinlein - 1, 2
    distinctive style
Super Science Stories

Tempest, The (Shakespeare)
"Tenderfoot in Space"
"They" 
    solipsism
Thrilling Wonder Stories
TIME FOR THE STARS
    connections to other 1956 novels
    hero marries great-grand-niece
    hero's special talent, weak ending
Tom Corbett: Space Cadet
    based on Heinlein's Space Cadet - 1, 2
Town and Country
"Tramp Space Ship"
TRIUMPH OF TIME, THE (Blish)
TUNNEL IN THE SKY
    man as a wild animal - 1, 2
    spiral structure
    naive hero, hero part of his society
    suspended animation to avoid death
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Twain, Mark
    character described as looking like - 1, 2

"Universe"
Unknown and Unknown Worlds
    Heinlein stories - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    use of own name - 1, 2, 3
    use of pseudonym
"Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, The"
    ends Heinlein's first period
    unclichéd marital relationship
"Unwillingly to School" (Ashwell)

van Vogt, A. E.
    too many ideas per story
    comic strip supermen
    intensively recomplicated stories
    Hoffman Electronics advertisements
Vance, Jack - 1, 2, 3
Venture Science Fiction
Vercors - 1, 2

"Waldo"
    among Heinlein's best - 1, 2, 3
    short novel length, weak ending
    mysticism, speculation , denial of reality
    hero who rejects society
    Heinlein Individual
"Water Is for Washing"
" '--We Also Walk Dogs' "
    growing writing skill - 1, 2
    added to Future History - 1, 2
WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER, THE
    (van Vogt)
Weird Tales
Wells, H. G.
Wentz, Elma
"Where To?" - 1, 2 
"While the Evil Days Come Not"
"Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?"
Williams, Tennessee
Williamson, Jack - 1, 2
Wodehouse, P. G.
Wood, Ed
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA, THE
World Science Fiction Convention
    Guest of Honor appearances - 1, 2, 3
    Theodore Sturgeon speech
WORLDS OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, THE
    - 1, 2

"Year of the Jackpot, The"
York, Simon (Heinlein pseud.) - 1, 2
YOU SHALL KNOW THEM (Vercors) - 1, 2

 
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