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Robert A Heinlein
Twin brothers Tom and Pat are recruited for a special mission to discover other habitable planets. Though only one of them can go into orbit, there's an even bigger catch…
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A beloved book from one of the greatest writers of science fiction ever, restored with its original ending that was changed by the original publisher.
The Podkayne of Mars follows…
Robert A. Heinlein
Now stunningly repackaged, the original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein - one of the most celebrated science-fiction novels of all…
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The science fiction masterpiece - and basis for Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 cult classic film.
The extraordinary objectivist science fiction classic by Robert A. Heinlein
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William H. Patterson, Jr
This is the first authorized biography of Robert A. Heinlein, generally considered the greatest SF writer of the 20th century, a bestselling author, military man, politician, and one of the…
Considered the Dean of Science Fiction , Robert A. Heinlein helped define the genre of science fiction as a serious form of social, political, and cultural commentary during the mid-20th…
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George Edgar Slusser
Slusser examines Heinlein’s classic years, from the publication of his first story, Life-Line, in 1939, to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
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Farah Mendlesohn
The definitive study of the SF giant’s life and work, from Hugo Award-winning critic and historian Farah Mendlesohn
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The single most important and valuable Heinlein book ever published. –Spider Robinson
Robert A. Heinlein has been hailed as one of the most forward-thinking…
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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…
Waldo North Power Air is in trouble. Their aircraft are crashing at an alarming rate and no one can figure out the cause. They turn to Waldo, a crippled misanthropic…
Originally published in 1963 under title: Podkayne of Mars, her life and times.
For a telepathic twin on an exploratory space voyage only a few years pass, yet, when he returns to Earth his brother is ready to celebrate his ninetieth birthday.
This text offers a mix of wit and wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein on subjects ranging from crime and punishment to nuclearm power, from pragmatics of patriotism to post holocaust…
At key points throughout North America, an invasion force is taking over communications, government, industry-and people’s bodies. And the nation is helpless to stop it because the invaders multiply far…
A youth who has known only the primitive life of a galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many extracurricular activities.
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In a near-future war, the totalitarian East has triumphed in a massive invasion, and the United States has fallen to a dictatorial superpower bent on total domination. However, a tiny…
Jonathan Hoag, suffering from memory lapses, hires a detective team to follow him and find out what he does during the day. What they discover is beyond what any of…
In the first short novel included here, Gulf, the greatest superspy of all is revealed as the leader of a league of supermen and women who can’t quite decide what…
From the mind of the storyteller who has captured the imagination of readers from around the world and across generations comes this classic work of science fiction.
First prize in…
From the mind of the storyteller who has captured the imagination of readers from around the world and across generations comes this classic work of science fiction. First prize in…
It doesn’t seem likely for twins to have the same middle name.
Lummox had been the Stuart family pet for years. Though far from cuddly and rather large, it had always been obedient and docile. Except, that is, for the time it…
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in arcane Guild, or lot more money than Max, the son of a…
Hamilton Felix, the result of generations of genetic selection, finds his life as the ultimate man boring, until a gang of revolutionaries tries to enlist him in their cause.
Dan Davis had finally created the invention of a lifetime–and his life was ruined. Tricked by his greedy partner and greedier fiance into suspended animation for thirty years, Dan awoke…
The Green Hills of Earth is a collection of ten short stories from one of the masters of science fiction who has held readers spellbound for over thirty years.
D D Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of space for all mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he…
Written by the author of The Day After Tomorrow , Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress , this is a terrifying picture of the future, of an…
Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis are allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tunes into a treacherous plot that threatens all the colonists…
One of Heinlein’s best, which is to say one of the best in all of Science Fiction-terrific story with a superbly realized heroine and world. -Poul Anderson
Five science fiction short stories from Robert Heinlein.
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1956.
Luna is an open penal colony and the regime is a harsh one. Not surprisingly, revolution against the hated authority is planned. But the key figures in the revolt are…
… follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. … the story of a man so in love with life that he refused to stop…
The wit and wisdom of the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers is collected in this volume that offers Heinlein fans a guided tour through the thoughts and insights…
As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein’s awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that…
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A popular and enduring time travel tale by one of science fiction’s all-time greats.
The HUGO AWARD-winning novel from one of the true greats of science fiction.