CONTENTS: Introduction by Damon Knight Life-Line The Roads Must Roll Blowups Happen The Man Who Sold the Moon Delilah and the Space-Rigger Space Jockey Requiem The Long Watch Gentlemen, Be Seated

“Let There Be Light”" a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published in "Super Science Stories" magazine in May 1940 under the pseudonym Lyle Monroe. The story concerns the invention of "light panels" - devices which turn electrical power directly into light (similar to LEDs, invented in 1962). In the course of their discovery, the inventors also discover that these panels can also be used to derive power from light. In attempting to bring their discovery to market, they encounter the active opposition of the Power Syndicate, a conglomeration of energy-producing companies dedicated to preserving their monopoly on power production

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction".

• Full Cycle by John W. Campbell, Jr. • Slan by A. E. van Vogt • Universes for Lenses by R. S. Richardson • Blowups Happen by Robert A. Heinlein • Quietus by Ross Rocklynne • The Kilkenny Cats by L. Ron Hubbard [as by Kurt von Rachen] • Homo Sol by Isaac Asimov • The Coronaviser by Stanley R. Short • Emergency by Vic Phillips

First published in Blue Book magazine, December 1949 First collected into The Green Hills of Earth and Other Stories, 1951.

• Inconsequential Detail by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] • Neutral Vessel by Harl Vincent • Moon of Delirium by D. L. James [as by Daniel Lewis James] • The Smallest God by Lester del Rey • Transmutation, 1939 by Jack Hatcher • Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein • In the Day of the Cold by Sam Weston • Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith • Watch this Creep Into Stories Now! by John W. Campbell, Jr.

First published in the American Legion Magazine, December 1949 as Rebellion on the Moon First collected into The Green Hills of Earth and Other Stories, 1951.

Die Sache aussitzen Ein Journalist, ein Tunnelarbeiter und sein Vorgesetzter werden in einem der Tunnel, die von der unterirdischen Mondbasis zur Oberfläche führen, wegen defekter Luftschleusen gefangen und sitzen fest – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes … Die Kurzgeschichte „Nehmen Sie Platz, meine Herren“ erscheint als exklusives E-Book Only bei Heyne und ist zusammen mit weiteren Stories und Romanen von Robert A. Heinlein auch in dem Sammelband „Die Geschichte der Zukunft“ enthalten. Sie umfasst ca. 14 Buchseiten.

About a Boy Scout on a trip to the Moon and his novel way of finding his lost brother. Included as part of his Future History, it originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, January 10, 1948,[1] and was collected in The Green Hills of Earth (and subsequently The Past Through Tomorrow).

Zurück nach Hause! Seit die McRaes die Erde verlassen haben, weil sie in Luna City arbeiten, kennen sie nur noch einen einzigen Zur Erde zurückzukehren. Die anderen Mondbewohner, die ihre Heimat lieben, verstehen die sich ständig beklagenden McRaes nicht und meiden das unglückliche Ehepaar. Als die schließlich auf die Erde zurückkehren, erleben sie eine Überraschung … Die Kurzgeschichte „Wie schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein!“ erscheint als exklusives E-Book Only bei Heyne und ist zusammen mit weiteren Stories und Romanen von Robert A. Heinlein auch in dem Sammelband „Die Geschichte der Zukunft“ enthalten. Sie umfasst ca. 25 Buchseiten.

"Searchlight" is a very short science fiction story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a little blind girl whose spaceship crashes on the Moon. The search for her takes advantage of her prodigious musical ability to locate her. It was originally written in 1962 as part of an advertisement for Hoffman Electronics. Heinlein says that because it was so short it was much harder to write than writing novels. Perhaps because of this, it was the last short story Heinlein wrote; the remaining quarter-century of his career was devoted to writing novels and non-fiction essays. "Searchlight" is anthologized in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, a collection of short stories published in 1966 and his Expanded Universe in 1980.

CONTENTS: The Black Pits of Luna (1948) 'It's Great to Be Back!' (1947) '—We Also Walk Dogs' (1950) Searchlight (1962) Ordeal in Space (1948) Logic of Empire (1941) If This Goes On (1940)

Contents: Industrial Process / essay by John W. Campbell Jr. Logic of Empire / Robert A. Heinlein; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Blockade Runner (Bullard series) / Malcolm Jameson; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Masquerade / Clifford D. Simak; interior artwork by Eron Poker Face / Theodore Sturgeon; interior artwork by R. Isip In Times to Come / essay by The Editor The Analytical Laboratory: January 1941 / essay by The Editor Putsch / Vic Phillips and Scott Roberts; interior artwork by M. Isip Space Has a Spectrum • essay by R.S. Richardson Eccentric Orbit / D.B. Thompson; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Sixth Column (Part 3 of 3) / Anson MacDonald (i.e. Robert A. Heinlein); interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Brass Tacks / essay by The Editor Letter / essay by Chandler Davis

• It Isn't a Science, Yet! by John W. Campbell, Jr. • If This Goes On ... by Robert A. Heinlein • Locked Out by H. B. Fyfe • And Then There Was One by Ross Rocklynne • Martian Quest by Leigh Brackett • Botanical Invasion by Willy Ley • High-Frequency War by Harl Vincent • Luna Observatory No. 1 by R. S. Richardson • Bombardment in Reverse by Norman L. Knight • The Professor Was a Thief by L. Ron Hubbard • Lubrication by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents: • Atomic Power to Space by John W. Campbell, Jr. • Crisis in Utopia by Norman L. Knight • The Mosaic by J. B. Ryan • Emergency Landing by Ralph Williams • Coventry by Robert A. Heinlein • The Idealist by L. Ron Hubbard • The Science of Whithering by L. Sprague de Camp • Dark Mission by Lester del Rey • The Red Death of Mars by Robert Moore Williams

Gut gemacht! Was bleibt einem jungen Mann von der Erde mit ungewöhnlichen mathematischen Fähigkeiten, der nirgendwo hin zu passen scheint? Andrew Jackson Libby tritt deswegen dem Kosmischen Pionierkorps bei. Sein erster Auftrag führt ihn in den Asteroidengürtel, wo er seinen genialen Kopf mehr als einmal unter Beweis stellen kann … Die Erzählung „Außenseiter“ erscheint als exklusives E-Book Only bei Heyne und ist zusammen mit weiteren Stories und Romanen von Robert A. Heinlein auch in dem Sammelband „Die Geschichte der Zukunft“ enthalten.

After the fall of the American Ayatollahs as foretold in Stranger in a Strange Land and chronicled in Revolt in 2100, the United States of America at last fulfills the promise inherent in its first Revolution: for the first time in human history there is a nation with Liberty and Justice for All. No one may seize or harm the person or property of another, or invade his privacy, or force him to do his bidding. Americans are fiercely proud of their re-won liberties and the blood it cost them: nothing could make them forswear those truths they hold self-evident. Nothing except the promise of immortality...

An umbrella title for the novelette Universe and its sequel novella Common Sense, published originally in 1941 in two different issues of Astounding Science Fiction. First published under this title in 1963. Heinlein gives us one of the earliest uses in science fiction of the "generation ship" idea, a huge spaceship transporting an entire community of humans to a destination so distant that generations will pass during its journey. And as Heinlein demonstrates, the origins of the community can become forgotten, misinterpreted, and otherwise distorted with the long passage.

"There's a lot of space out there. Those stars may be as big as this ship," said Joe. Imagine a group of human beings to whom the only world they know is a gigantic spaceship - so large and so ingeniously constructed that it has supported thousands of people for centuries. Yet they live subject to all the old emotions - victims of conflict and suspense arising from rebellions and killings in their midst.

Contents: History to Come / essay by John W. Campbell Jr. Universe / Robert A. Heinlein; interior artwork by Hubert Rogers Liar! (Susan Calvin series) / Isaac Asimov; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Solution Unsatisfactory / Robert A. Heinlein (writing as Anson MacDonald); interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by The Editor The Analytical Laboratory: March 1941 / essay by The Editor Jay Score (Jay Score / Marathon series #1) / Eric Frank Russell; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Fish Story / Vic Phillips and Scott Roberts; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Subcruiser / Harry Walton; interior artwork by Charles Schneeman Brass Tacks (Astounding, May 1941) / essay by The Editor Letter (Astounding, May 1941) / essay by Chandler Davis (i.e. Chan Davis) The Stolen Dormouse (Part 2 of 2) / L. Sprague de Camp; interior artwork by Hubert Rogers

Here, in volume one of two volumes, are approximately half of the stories, novelettes, novella, and novels which make up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950. Most of the Future History stories written prior to 1967 are collected in the two volumes of The Past Through Tomorrow, which also contains the final version of the chart. That collection does not include Universe and Common Sense; they were published separately as Orphans of the Sky. Contents: Introduction (The Past Through Tomorrow) (1967) • essay by Damon Knight Life-Line \[Future History\] (1939) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein The Roads Must Roll \[Future History\] (1940) / novelette by Robert A. Heinlein Blowups Happen \[Future History\] (1940) / novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Man Who Sold the Moon \[D. D. Harriman\] (1950) / novella by Robert A. Heinlein Delilah and the Space-Rigger \[Future History\] (1949) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein Space Jockey \[Future History\] (1947) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein Requiem \[D. D. Harriman\] (1940) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein The Long Watch \[Future History\] (1949) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein Gentlemen, Be Seated \[Future History\] (1948) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein The Black Pits of Luna (juvenile) \[Future History\] (1948) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein 'It's Great to Be Back!' \[Future History\] (1977) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein (variant of "It's Great to Be Back!" 1947) .