this horror and science fiction writer published ashort story titled “He,”which involved a narrator taking a late-night, time-traveling sojourn through Greenwich Village.
(February-April 1956Astounding;1956), about a failed actor who impersonates a galactic politician (seeIdentity;Ruritania), won aHugo, and is probably his best adult novel of the 1950s, although the mellow and charmingThe Door into Summer(October-December 1956F&SF;1957), aTime-Travelstory, ...
Terrific early story by Heinlein; it should appeal to any youngster!"Now about our job -- We didn't get one of the easy repair-and-recondition jobs on the Moon, with week-ends at Luna City, and all the comforts of home. Nor did we draw a high gravity planet where a man can eat...
Compare to the gyrocar from Two Boys in a Gyrocar the story of a New York to Paris motor race (1911) by Kenneth Brown, the Gyro-Hat from An Experiment in Gyro-Hats (1926) by Ellis Parker Butler, the Two-Wheeled Ground Car from First Lensman (1950) by E.E. 'Doc' Smith, the Gy...
Technovelgy from The Roads Must Roll, by Robert Heinlein. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1940 Additional resources - This is probably a Heinlein rediscovery; you can read an earlier version of this concept - the moving roadway from H.G. Wells' 1899 story When the Sleeper Wakes....
Armchair Fiction presents illustrated, extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. Poul Anderson is one of the most beloved science fiction authors of all time. "A Twelvemonth and a Day" is another fine example of his story-telling prowess. The second...
A tale beloved by many fans of Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars tells the story of a young Marswoman and her inter-planetary adventures with her uncle and her genius brother. Told largely through Podkayne’s diaries, the story details her travel to Earth with her two companions. Pod...
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collectionofBoyScoutstories,thisstorywillappearunchanged. Nixieis(ofcourse)myowndog.Butin1919,whenIwas12andaScout,hehadtoleaveme—a streetcarhithim. Ifthisuniversehasanyreasonableteleologywhatever(apointonwhichIamunsure),thenthereis someprovisionfortheNixiesinit. Page1 I “Heel,Nixie,”theboysaidsoftly,...
Heinlein’s story looks at the complications that arise when women and men are laboring on the same task. (Hint: It has to do with sex.) If “Delilah and the Space-Rigger” was a bit of a screwball comedy, “The Long Watch,”“Gentlemen, Be Seated” and the story that gives the ...