Grumbles From the Grave

by Robert A. Heinlein

  "Space Jockey," Saturday Evening Post, April 26, 1947. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.

  "Columbus Was a Dope," Startling Stories, May 1947 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe). Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  "They Do It With Mirrors," Popular Detective, May 1947 (under pseudonym Simon York). Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.

  " 'It's Great To Be Back!' " Saturday Evening Post, July 26, 1947. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.

  "Jerry Is a Man," ("Jerry Was a Man"), Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1947. Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.

  "Water Is for Washing," Argosy, November 1947. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  Rocket Ship Galileo, Scribner's, 1947. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "The Black Pits of Luna," Saturday Evening Post, January 10, 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.

  "Gentlemen, Be Seated!" Argosy, May 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.

  "Ordeal in Space," Town and Country, May 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills of Earth, Baen Books.

  Beyond This Horizon (revised version), Fantasy Press, 1948. Reprinted by New American Library.

  Space Cadet, Scribner's, 1948. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "Our Fair City," Weird Tales, January 1949.

  "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon," Boy's Life, April, May 1949. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.

  "Poor Daddy," Calling All Girls, 1949.

  "Gulf," Astounding Science Fiction, November, December 1949. Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.

  "Delilah and the Space Rigger," Blue Book, December 1949. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.

  "The Long Watch," American Legion Magazine, December 1949. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.

  Red Planet, Scribner's, 1949. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "Cliff and the Calories," Senior Prom, August 1950.

  Farmer In The Sky, first serialized as Satellite Scout in Boy's Life, August, September, October, November 1950. Scribner's, 1950. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "The Man Who Sold the Moon," (not serialized), in The Man Who Sold the Moon, Shasta, 1950. Reprinted by Baen Books.

  "Destination Moon," Short Stories Magazine, September 1950.

  Between Planets, serialized as Planets in Combat in Blue Book, September, October 1951. Scribner's, 1951. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  The Puppet Masters, serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, September, October, November 1951. Doubleday, 1951. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "The Year of the Jackpot," Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1952. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  The Rolling Stones, serialized as Tramp Space Ship in Boy's Life, September, October, November, December 1952. Scribner's, 1952. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "Project Nightmare," Amazing Stories, April 1953. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  "Skylift," Imagination, November 1953. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  Starman Jones, Scribner's, 1953. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  The Star Beast, serialized as The Star Lummox in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May, June, July 1954. Scribner's, 1954. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  Tunnel In The Sky, Scribner's, 1955. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  Double Star, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February, March, April 1956. Doubleday, 1956. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  Time For The Stars, Scribner's, 1956. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  The Door Into Summer, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October, November, December 1956. Doubleday, 1957. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "The Menace From Earth," Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.

  Citizen Of The Galaxy, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, September, October, November, December 1957. Scribner's, 1957. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "The Elephant Circuit" ("The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"), Saturn, October 1957.

  "Tenderfoot in Space," Boy's Life, May, June, July 1958.

  Have Space Suit—Will Travel, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August, September, October 1958. Scribner's, 1958. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  "All You Zombies—," Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1959.

  Methuselah's Children (revised version), Gnome Press, 1958. Reprinted by Baen Books.

  Starship Troopers, serialized as Starship Soldier in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October, November 1959. Putnam, 1959. Reprinted by Baen Books.

  Stranger In A Strange Land, Putnam, 1961. Hardcover available, also reprint, Ace Books.

  "Searchlight," Scientific American, August 1962; Fortune, September 1962. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.

  Podkayne Of Mars, serialized in Worlds of If November 1962, January, March 1963. Putnam, 1963.

  Glory Road, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July, August, September 1963. Putnam 1963. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  Farnham's Freehold, serialized in If July, August, October 1964. Putnam, 1964. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, serialized in If December 1965, January, February, March, April 1966, Putnam, 1966. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  "Free Men," in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace Books, 1966. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.

  I Will Fear No Evil, serialized in Galaxy, July, August, October, December 1970. Putnam, 1970. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  Time Enough For Love, Putnam 1973. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  "No Bands Playing," Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, December 1973. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.

  The Notebooks Of Lazarus Long, Putnam, 1978. (Taken from two chapters of Time Enough For Love).

  The Number Of The Beast, Fawcett Columbine, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  Expanded Universe, Ace Books, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  "A Bathroom of Her Own," Expanded Universe, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  "On the Slopes of Vesuvius," Expanded Universe, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  Friday, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  Job: A Comedy Of Justice, Del Rey Books, 1984. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.

  The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Putnam, 1985. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  To Sail Beyond The Sunset, Putnam, 1987. Reprinted by Ace Books.

  MISCELLANEOUS

  (These two items defy classification.)

  Tomorrow, The Stars, Doubleday, 1952. This is an anthology, which was put together by someone else, and Robert wrote the preface for it.

  Destination Moon, Gregg Press, 1979, edited by David G. Hartwell. The title page says it is by Robert A. Heinlein, with a new introduction by David G. Hartwell. This book contains a novelette titled "Destination Moon," and an article called "Shooting Destination Moon," which originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, July 1950. It also contains a number of still pictures from DM, and photocopies of many newspaper and magazine clippings.

  NONFICTION

  "Discovery of the Future," Guest of Honor speech at Denver, Colorado, 1941 World Science Fiction Convention. Printed in Vertex, issue #1.

  "Man in the Moon" ("Back of the Moon"), Elks Magazine, 1947.

  "Flight Into the Future," Collier's, August 30, 1947.

  "On the Writing of Science Fiction," published in Of Worlds Beyond, Fantasy Press, 1947.

  "Baedecker of the Solar System," The Saturday Review of Literature, December 24, 1949. Review of Bonestell and Ley's book, Conquest of Space.

  "Where To?" article, Galaxy, February 1952.

  "Shooting Destination Moon" Astounding Science Fiction, July 1950.

  Article about writing, Writer's Digest, March, 1950.

  "This I Believe," radio article written
for Edward R. Murrow series of the same title. [Broadcast December 1, 1952]

  "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships," published by the Bulletin of the School Library Association of California, 1952.

  "The Third Millennium Opens," Amazing Stories, April 1956.

  "Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues," Advent Publishers, 1959.

  "Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?," published April 12, 1958, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Also in Expanded Universe.

  " 'Pravda' Means 'Truth'," American Mercury, October 1960.

  "Inside Intourist," published in Expanded Universe.

  "Appointment in Space," Popular Mechanics, 1963.

  "The Happy Road to Science Fiction," McClurg's Book News, 1964.

  "Science Fiction: The World of 'What If?' ", World Book, 1964.

  Foreword for Beyond Jupiter, by Chesley Bonestell and Arthur C. Clarke, Viking Press, 1972.

  Forrestal Lecture, 1973, published in Analog, January 1974.

  "A United States Citizen Thinks About Canada," Canada and the World, April 1975.

  "Dirac, Antimatter and You," Compton Yearbook, 1975.

  "Are You a Rare Blood?" Compton Yearbook, 1976.

  Testimony before joint session, House Committee on Aging and House Committee on Science and Technology, August 19, 1979, published in Expanded Universe, 1980, as "Spinoff."

  "Larger Than Life," written for MosCon I, published in Expanded Universe, 1980.

  Preface for Ted Sturgeon novel, Godbody, Donald I. Fine, 1985.

  PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

  Photographs on pages xii (bottom), xiii (top), xiii (bottom), xiv, xvi, xviii, 27, 32 (left), 32 (right), 39, 56, 84, 85, 92, 95, 98, 107, 115, 116, 118, 122, 124, 127, 130, 132, 147, 184, 185, 190, 194 (top), 194 (bottom), 199 (top), 199 (bottom), 201, 204, 207, 217, 221, 232 are from the personal archives of Virginia Heinlein.

  Del Rey would like to thank Charles N. Brown of Locus magazine for the photographs on pages xviii, 14, 32 (right), 38, 42, 56, 59, 64, 68, 70, 73, 77, 80, 82, 84, 158 (top), 158 (bottom), 159 (top), 159 (bottom), 162, 167, 168, 170, 172, 173, 174, 179, 223, 179, 194 (bottom), 223, 232.

  Thanks also to Matthew Berger, Kenneth R. Sharp, and Alexander Klapwald for lending items from their collections.

  Astounding Science Fiction covers and illustrations:

  "Life-line" (page 4) copyright 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.,; "If This Goes On" (page 5), "Blowups Happen" (page 8) copyright 1940 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "Methuselah's Children" (page 19), "By His Bootstraps" (pages 21 and 48) copyright 1941 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "Goldfish Bowl" (page 16), "Beyond This Horizon" (page 24) copyright 1942 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "Double Star" (page 169) copyright 1956 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; "Citizen of the Galaxy" (page 78) copyright 1957 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. All reproduced by permission of Davis Publications, Inc.

  Jackets of Starship Troopers (page 82), Stranger in a Strange Land (page 233), I Will Fear No Evil (page 179), The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (page 173), Podkayne of Mars (page 87), Glory Road (page 170), and Farnham's Freehold (page 172) photographed by permission of Putnam Publishing. The Past Through Tomorrow (page 175) reprinted by permission of the Putnam Publishing Group from the jacket of The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein Copyright © 1967 by G.R Putnam's Sons. The "Future History" chart (pages 176-77), copyright The Putnam Publishing Group, reprinted by permission from the publisher.

  Rocket Ship Galileo (page 42). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing company from Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustrations by Thomas W. Voter. Copyright 1947 by Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1975 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Space Cadet (page 45). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing company from Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustrations by Clifford N. Geary. Copyright 1948 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1976 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Red Planet (page 46). Reprinted with permission of Charles Schribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustrations by Clifford N. Geary. Copyright 1949 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1977 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Farmer in the Sky (page 59). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Farmer In the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1950 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1978 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Between Planets (page 60). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1951 McCall Corporation; copyright renewed © 1979 Robert A. Heinlein.

  The Rolling Stones (page 64). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1952 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1980 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Starman Jones (page 68). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1953 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1981 Robert A. Heinlein.

  The Star Beast (page 70). Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1954 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1982 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Tunnel in the Sky (page 73) Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1955 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1983 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Time for the Stars (page 76) Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Time For the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright 1956 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1984 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Citizen of the Galaxy (page 77) Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright © 1957 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1985 by Robert A. Heinlein.

  Have Spacesuit Will Travel (page 80) Reprinted with permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company from Have Spacesuit Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein. Copyright © 1958 Robert A. Heinlein; copyright renewed © 1986 Robert A. Heinlein.

  Photographs on page 162, 166, 167, and 168 reproduced by permission from Doubleday Books.

  Cover of the Signet edition of Methuselah's Children (page 111) used by permission of New American Library, a Division of Penguin Books USA, Inc.

  Cover of Sesta Colonna (Sixth Column) (page 158, top) reproduced by permission of Editrice Nord of Milano.

  Cover of Rocket Ship Galileo, Japanese edition (page 158, bottom) published by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, in 1956. Reproduced by permission of publisher.

  British edition of Stranger in a Strange Land (page 159, top) published by The New English Library. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

  Cover of Den Rode Planet (The Red Planet) (page 159, bottom) published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Copyright © Birger Imislund 1954. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

  Photo on page xii, top courtesy of Chuck and Linda Coffin.

  Photo on page 6 by William H. Corson, courtesy of Lucille Corson.

  Photo on page 129 copyright © Robert A. Isaacs, 1989.

  Photo on page 236 courtesy of Chuck and Linda Coffin.

  Photo on page 249 by Jan Nelson, reproduced by permission of the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank.

 

 

 
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