# | Year | 1st Read | Title | Author(s) | My Rating | |
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1 | 1959 | 2015 | "All You Zombies-": Five Classic Stories by Robert A. Heinlein Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| From amazon.com:
The story "All You Zombies—" is the basis for PREDESTINATION from Sony Pictures, just released in the US on January 9, 2015, starring Ethan Hawke, directed and written by the Spierig Brothers.
Robert A. Heinlein's brilliance and diverse talents are on display in this collection of five short stories that range from mind-twisters ("All You Zombies—"), paranoia and surprise ("They—"), hilarious engineering conundrums ("—And They Built a Crooked House"), fantasies ("Our Fair City), and the beautiful, heart-breaking "The Man Who Travelled in Elephants".
"Not only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world … [Heinlein] remains today as a sort of trademark for all that is finest in American imaginative fiction." - Stephen King
"There is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein." - Dean Koontz
"One of the most influential writers in American Literature." - The New York Times Book Review
"Heinlein wears imagination as though it were his private suit of clothes." - The New York Times
"Heinlein… has the ability to see technologies just around the bend. That, combined with his outstanding skill as a writer and engineer-inventor, produces books that are often years ahead of their time." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"One of the grand masters of science fiction." - The Wall Street Journal
about the author: Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), often called the Science Fiction Grand Master, was the author of such ground-breaking novels as STARSHIP TROOPERS, RED PLANET, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He is generally considered the greatest and most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century. In addition to being a bestselling author, Heinlein's novels won 4 Hugo awards, 3 "retro Hugo" awards, and the first "Grand Master Award" from the Science Fiction Writers of America | |
2 | 1951 | | Between Planets Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| DON HARVEY, COME HOME!
The message had seemed simple, yet it was more complex than Don could have imagined. He was being called from Earth to an alien world for reasons unknown - save only that his life depended on it.
But setting out for Mars and getting there in good shape turned out to be a lot more complicated than Don ever would have guessed possible.
It was trouble enough being inexplicably hounded by Earth's secret police. But when he was hijacked by Venusian rebels, Don suddenly realized that he was trapped in the center of a war between worlds that could change the fate of the Solar System forever!
"FINE DIALOGUE, WELL PRESENTED TECHNICAL MATERIAL, AND A GOOD STORY MAKE EXCELLENT READING." - School Library Journal | |
3 | 1985 | | The Cat Who Walks Through Walls | Robert A Heinlein | | |
4 | 1982 | 1992 | Friday Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| FRIDAY "..is a superbeing. Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world of chaotic ferocity and intrigue, she can think better, fight better, and make love better than any of the normal people around her." - The New York Times Book Review
FRIDAY "...is all woman... She is as strong and resourceful and decisive as any Heinlein hero; in addition she is loving (oh, yes) and tender and very, very female. This, like so many of Heinlein's works, is as joyous to read as it is provocative." - Theodore Sturgeon Los Angeles Times
A LITERARY GUILD ALTERNATE
A DUAL MAIN SELECTION OF THE PLAYBOY BOOK CLUB | |
5 | 1963 | | Glory Road Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| "A TRIUMPH!" - Chicago Tribune
THE GLORY ROAD led beyond the stars to a far, strange dimension - a world of peril, adventure and enchantment for a war-weary young American. The elements of epic in the great tradition are here - but changed by the talent and magic of Robert Heinlein to create a story as original and striking as his classic STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN was born in Missouri in 1907, and graduated from Annapolis - where he was a champion swordsman - in 1929, serving on active duty in the Navy for the next five years. He began writing fiction in 1939, and soon became one of the towering figures of science fiction, winning the coveted "Hugo" award with four of his novels - an unequaled record. Mr. Heinlein now lives in California. | |
6 | 1966 | 1988 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS
Luna of the 21st century is a penal colony where everyone lives under the dictatorship of the hated Authority. But the inevitable takes place one day where Mike, the master computer who controls everything on Luna devises an intricate revolutionary plot with the help of a professor, a beautiful blonde, and a jack-of-all-trades. The conspirators' plans go along beutifully for a while...
"Heinlein is one of the best, if not the best, writer of science fiction today. This book is one of his best. The plot is excellent, and excellently handled... fiction with a scientific base, intrigue, and fast-paced action." - Library Journal
"...makes for a degree of provocation, adrenalinizing, mind-stretching, conviction-testing unmatched by any contemporary." - Theodore Sturgeon, National Review | |
7 | 1963 | 2019 | Orphans of the Sky Future History #23 | Robert A Heinlein | | |
8 | 1967 | | The Past Through Tomorrow Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| ONE OF SCIENCE FICTION'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History - the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.
THE ROADS MUST ROLL THE MENACE FROM EARTH "- WE ALSO WALK DOGS" METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH And 15 other celebrated classics
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
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9 | 1963 | | Podkayne of Mars Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| ROBERT A. HEINLEIN has invented most of the concepts of modern science fiction - has stirred readers everywhere with his fast-paced yet thought-provoking stories - has won one-fourth of all the "Hugo" SF novel awards made to date!*
PODKAYNE OF MARS is Heinlein at his fastest, a tale of an engagingly dangerous Marsgirl, and her incredible kid brother - who wouldn't interfere with the end of the world unless he could get a commission on it! Pack Podkayne and Clark into a luxury spaceship - and you've got trouble aplenty without worrying about the time bomb Clark smuggled aboard....
"SWIFT, DETAILED, BELIEVABLE... SLAMBANG ADVENTURE" - THEODORE STURGEON
* Four out of sixteen, for the precisionists.
On Sale Now - ANGELS IN THE SNOW by Derek Lambert A best seller with over 250,000 copies in print! Z 1785 - $1.25 | |
10 | 1951 | 2019 | The Puppet Masters | Robert A Heinlein | | |
11 | 1947 | 2019 | Rocket Ship Galileo | Robert A Heinlein | | |
12 | 1952 | 2018 | The Rolling Stones Heinlein's Juveniles #6 | Robert A Heinlein | | |
13 | 1959 | 2016 | Starship Troopers Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| STARSHIP TROOPERS
JOIN THE ARMY AND SEE THE UNIVERSE!
In one of Robert Heinlein's most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe - and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against mankind's most alarming enemy! | |
14 | 1961 | 1982 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A Heinlein | | |
15 | 1973 | 1984 | Time Enough for Love | Robert A Heinlein | | |
16 | 1942 | 1983 | The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Cover Blurb | Robert A Heinlein | | |
| One of the most extraordinary novels ever! The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag - science fiction? Detective novel? Horror? Fantasy?
All of these and more. From the eye-popping opening. Johnathan Hoag will hold you utterly enthralled straight through one astonishment after another - until its appalling and unforgettable climax.
Also from the pen of the master - five classic stories: The Man Who Traveled in Elephants "-All You Zombies-" They Our Fair City "-And He Built a Crooked House-" | |
17 | 2006 | 2019 | Variable Star | Robert A Heinlein Spider Robinson | | |