| The Wit and Wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein, author of multiple New York Times best sellers, on subjects ranging form Crime and Punishment to the Love life of the American Teenager; from Nuclear Power to the Pragmatics of Patriotism; from Prophecy to Destiny; from Geopolitic to Post-Holocaust America; from the Nature of Courage to the Nature of Reality; it's all here and it's all great - straight from the mind of the finest science fiction writer of them all. But beware: after reading it, you too will occupy an Expanded Universe!
Contents:
1 · Foreword · fw Destinies Spr ’80
4 · Life-Line · ss Astounding Aug ’39
28 · Successful Operation [“Heil”, as by Lyle Monroe] · ss Futuria Fantasia Apr ’40
34 · Blowups Happen · na Astounding Sep ’40
92 · Solution Unsatisfactory [as by Anson MacDonald] · nv Astounding May ’41
145 · The Last Days of the United States · ar *
163 · How to Be a Survivor · ar *
175 · Pie from the Sky · ar *
181 · They Do It with Mirrors [as by Simon York] · ss Popular Detective May ’47
207 · Free Men · nv The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace, 1966
237 · No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying— · ss Vertex Dec ’73
244 · A Bathroom of Her Own · ss
267 · On the Slopes of Vesuvius · ss
276 · Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon · nv Boys’ Life Apr ’49
309 · Pandora’s Box [revised from “Where To?”, Galaxy Feb ’52] · ar The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace, 1966
315 · Where To? · pm
316 · Where To? · ar Galaxy Feb ’52
354 · Cliff and the Calories · ss, 1950
372 · Ray Guns and Rocket Ships · ar The School Library Association of California Bulletin Nov ’52
379 · The Third Millennium Opens [“As I See Tomorrow”] · ar Amazing Apr ’56
386 · Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry? · ar Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph Apr 13 ’58
403 · “Pravda” Means “Truth” · ar The American Mercury Oct ’60
418 · Inside Intourist · ar, 1960
446 · Searchlight · vi Scientific American Aug ’62
458 · The Pragmatics of Patriotism · sp United States Naval Academy Apr 5 ’73; ; as “Channel Markers”, Analog Jan ’74
471 · Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You · ar The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1975
494 · Larger Than Life: A Memoir in Tribute to Dr. Edward E. Smith · ar
500 · Spinoff · ar
514 · The Happy Days Ahead · ar *
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