The science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907âÂÂ1988) was productive during a writing career that spanned the last 49 years of his life; the Robert A. Heinlein bibliography includes 32 novels, 59 short stories and 16 collections published during his life. Four films, two TV series, several episodes of a radio series, at least two songs ("Hijack" by Jefferson Starship and "Cool Green Hills of Earth" by Southwind) and a board game derive more or less directly from his work. He wrote the screenplay for Destination Moon (1950). Heinlein also edited an anthology of other writers' science fiction short stories.
Four collections, three non-fiction books and two poems have been published posthumously, in addition to three novels, one of which was co-written with Spider Robinson.
Known pseudonyms include Anson MacDonald (seven times), Lyle Monroe (seven), John Riverside (one), Caleb Saunders (one), and Simon York (one). All the works originally attributed to MacDonald, Saunders, Riverside and York, and many of the works originally attributed to Lyle Monroe, were later reissued in various Heinlein collections and attributed to Heinlein.
Novels
Novels marked with * are part of Scribner's "juvenile" series. Those marked with â are posthumous releases.
Short fiction
"Future History" short fiction
Other short speculative fiction
All the works initially attributed to Anson MacDonald, Caleb Saunders, John Riverside and Simon York, and many of the works attributed to Lyle Monroe, were later reissued in various Heinlein collections and attributed to Heinlein.
At Heinlein's insistence, the three Lyle Monroe stories marked with the symbol 'ç' were never reissued in a Heinlein anthology during his lifetime.
Other short fiction
Collections
Complete works
- The Virginia Edition, a 46-volume hardcover collection of all of Robert Heinlein's stories, novels, and nonfiction writing, plus a selection of his personal correspondence, was announced by Meisha Merlin Publishing in April 2005; the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust (which now owns the Heinlein copyrights) instigated the project. Meisha Merlin went out of business in May 2007 after producing six volumes: I Will Fear No Evil, Time Enough for Love, Starship Troopers, ', The Door into Summer, and Double Star.
- The Heinlein Prize Trust then decided to publish the edition itself, having formed the Virginia Edition Publishing Co. for this purpose. As was true for the Meisha Merlin effort, individual volumes are not offered; subscribers must purchase the entire 46-volume set. The final five volumes (including two volumes of screenwriting, both produced and unproduced) were shipped to subscribers in June 2012.
- In July 2007, the Heinlein Prize Trust opened the online Heinlein Archives, which allows people to purchase and download items from the Heinlein Archive previously stored at the University of California-Santa Cruz. The Trust makes grants available to those using the archives for scholarly purposes.
Poems
Foreword
Nonfiction
Filmography
- Destination Moon (story from the 1947 book Rocket Ship Galileo, screenplay, technical advisor), 1950, IMDb (Retro Hugo Award, 1951)
- Out There, TV series, 1951 (from three short stories: "The Green Hills of Earth", "Misfit", and "Ordeal in Space")
- Project Moonbase, 1953, IMDb
- The Brain Eaters, 1959 (from the book The Puppet Masters, uncredited, sued by Heinlein), IMDb
- Uchu no Senshi (Japanese animated video series based on Starship Troopers), 1988
- Red Planet, TV miniseries (from the book), 1994, IMDb
- The Puppet Masters, film (from the book), 1994, IMDb
- Starship Troopers, film (very loosely and partially based on the book), 1997, IMDb
- ', TV series based on the 1997 movie, 1999, IMDb
- Masters of Science Fiction, TV miniseries (from the short story "Jerry Was a Man"), 2007
- ', film (very loosely based on the book "Starship Troopers"), 2012, IMDb
- Predestination, film (from the short story âÂÂAll You ZombiesâÂÂ), 2014, IMDb
- The Door Into Summer (Japanese title: å¤Âã¸ã®æÂ ãÂÂãÂÂã®ãÂÂãÂÂæÂªæÂ¥ã¸ Natsu e no Tobira: Kimi no Iru Mirai e), film (from the book), 2021, IMDb
Spinoffs
- The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, illuminated by D. F. Vassallo, 1978
- New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988âÂÂRobert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue, 1988
- Fate's Trick by Matt Costello, 1988, a "game book" inspired by Glory Road
- Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master, 1992
- Two different Starship Troopers board games were published by Avalon Hill in 1976 and 1997
- The video game Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy was published by Blue Tongue Entertainment in 2000
- Dimension X, science fiction radio programs in 1950âÂÂ1951. Among other writers, episodes were based on Heinlein's Destination Moon (film) (ep. 12), The Green Hills of Earth (ep. 10), Requiem, The Roads Must Roll, and Universe.
- X Minus One, radio series in 1955âÂÂ1958: Universe
- Language arts materials for teachers based on Heinlein's works, in support of World Space Week, 2005.
See also
References
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