Robert Heinlein

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Here’s a bunch of my posts of the stories by Science Fiction author Robert Heinlein.

Robert Heinlein had a great role shaping my ideas about freedom and liberty as I was growing up. His juvenile stories were avidly read and absorbed by my young growing mind.

Citizen of the Galaxy (full text) by Robert Heinlein In the Far Future, young Thorby is sold in a slave market to an old beggar who is more than he seems to be; and Thorby takes part in many adventures as he climbs the ladders of power and learns the truth of his own identity. A suspenseful tale of adventure, coming-of-age and interstellar conflict by science fiction's Grand Master.
The story follows the career of Johnnie Rico as a Trooper for the federation in a far off fascist future. Despite being a military sci-fi novel it has a surprising amount of political commentary running throughout adding an interesting layer of depth that a lot of modern military sci-fi novels really lack. In the future the only people that can vote have to have worked for the federation to earn citizenship, they have to have earned the right and put the good of the whole above the individual but it's not that simple as Johnnie finds out.
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Robert A. Heinlein - Lazarus Long 1, Methuselahs Children (full text) This is the full text of Robert Heinlein's novel "Methuselahs Children". It is the first of a series of novels that features the character of "Lazarus Long". This is great escapist reading and as you read it, take a gander at the world around us. Check out the news. Who's to say that the PTB aren't some version of the elite that are described in this story...eh? Remember that this is an absolutely fictional work. Yet, we can see some interesting parallels with the super wealthy on this planet and the systems that they have co-opted for their own personal purposes.
Double Star (full text) by Robert Heinlein Double Star is one of Robert Heinlein’s most enjoyable early period SF novels, a short and tightly-plotted story of out-of-work actor Lawrence Smith (aka “The Great Lorenzo”), who is unexpectedly tapped for a very important acting job, to impersonate an important politician named John Bonforte who has been kidnapped.
The Number of the Beast (full text) by Robert Heinlein. This is the full text of a very long story by Robert Heinlein.
Space Cadet (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein
Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
Orphans of the Sky (full text) by Robert A. Heinlein. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was just allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation? Science knew that the Ship was all the universe, and as long as the sacred Converter was fed, the lights would continue to glow, the air would flow, and the Creator's Plan would be fulfilled.
The Rolling Stones (full text) by Robert Heinlein The Rolling Stones is one of Heinlein's most lighthearted novels. It was written primarily for young adults, but it's a good read at any age. The book is about a middle class family, living on the moon as the story begins, in a time when middle class families can buy spaceships about as easily as you or I could buy a large recreational vehicle or a small yacht.
Delilah and the Space Rigger
The man who sold the moon.
The menace from Earth
Life-Line
Time for the stars.
Starman Jones (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein.
Farnham's Freehold (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein
Space Jockey (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein
Blowups Happen by Robert Heinlein
The Green hills of earth.
Rocket Ship Galileo (full text) by Robert Heinlein
Have spacesuit - will travel (full text) by Robert Heinlein "Have Spacesuit - Will Travel" is a great story that is in the same class as "Farmer in the Sky". Which are both fictional stories that are perhaps some of his best. All have a great sense of awe and adventure and excitement about space and exploration that existed back in the 1950's and 1960's.
Successful Operation
The moon is a harsh mistress (full text) in free HTML by Robert Heinlein Oh, boy are yous'se guys ever in for a treat. This is (perhaps) my all time favorite Robert Heinlein story. It's about a revolution on the moon, and how the corrupt "deep state" back on earth refuses to let them have independence. It's a quick and easy, fun read. It also involves intelligent AI, written long before computers even hit mainstream. It's just a fun, escapist, read. It will take you away, and for that... I think that you will enjoy it.
Here is the full text of the wonderful Robert Heinlein science fiction story titled "The door into summer". The novel begins in 1970 with Daniel, an engineer and inventor, in a bit of a slump. He has been scammed by his business partner, Miles Gentry, and his fiancée, Belle Darkin, so that he has lost his company, Hired Girl, Inc. Dan’s only friend in the world is his cat, Petronius the Arbiter or “Pete”, who hates going outdoors in the snow.Left with a large financial settlement, and his remaining Hired Girl stock, he elects to take “cold sleep”...
Tunnel in the Sky (full text) by Robert Heinlein Here is the full text of the wonderful Robert Heinlein science fiction story titled "Tunnel in the Sky". In it, he describes the use of a dimensional portal from which students can use to travel to another planet. In this fictional story, the students enter the portal, but something happens. They get stranded on this strange planet and need to learn how to survive from scratch. It's a great fun read and easy escapist adventure reading.
Solution Unsatisfactory (Full Text) by Robert Heinlein In “Solution Unsatisfactory,” the head of the nuclear weapons project overthrows the government of the U.S. and sets up a global, international dictatorship with monopoly control of the nuclear weapon. And that’s the unsatisfactory solution of the story—the narrator of the story, the head of the nuclear weapons project, and presumably Heinlein himself all hate this option, but see the only other alternative, a global nuclear war, to be worse.
Farmer in the Sky (full text) by Robert Heinlein "Farmer in the Sky" is another one of Heinlein's excellent novels. It is set in the "Heinlein solar system" which means Venus and Mars have life. It is about a family trying to be homesteaders on Ganymede as it orbits Jupiter. The descriptions of the sky from the surface of Ganymede are some of the best parts of this well written and engaging story.
Coventry (full text) by Robert Heinlein This is an interesting little story by Robert Heinlein that looks at a utopia where there are no prisons, or death sentences, or punishments. Instead, those that fail to adjust to society and have bad behaviors are sent instead to "Coventry". Which is a geographical location outside of society where the individual can "do his own thing".

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