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RED PLANET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's third juvenile novel, and one that introduced many young boys to science fiction. "...[Heinlein] came fully into his own as a writer of sf for teenagers. A strong narrative line, carefully worked-out technical detail, realistic characters and brisk dialogue are the leading virtues of this and most of his later juveniles..."- Clute and Nichols (eds.): The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 555.
REQUIEM: NEW COLLECTED WORKS BY ROBERT A. HEINLEIN AND TRIBUTES TO THE GRAND MASTER. Edited by Yoji Kondo.
New York: TOR, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A miscellany including fiction and nonfiction by Heinlein, latter mostly convention speeches, speeches made at the 6 October 1988 National Air and Space Museum Heinlein Retrospective, and tributes to Heinlein by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, Robert Silverberg and others.
REVOLT IN 2100.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustrated by Hubert Rogers, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of the signed subscriber copies on inserted blank leaf. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-514. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1645-54.
REVOLT IN 2100...
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustrated by Hubert Rogers, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of the signed subscriber copies on inserted blank leaf. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-514. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1645-54.
REVOLT IN 2100...
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustrated by Hubert Rogers, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of the signed subscriber copies on an inserted blank leaf. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-514. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1645-54.
ROCKET SHIP GALILEO.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This is the author's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream science fiction for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure in such a way that even today the book retains interest."- Anatomy of Wonder 5-62. Basis for the 1950 film Destination Moon in which Heinlein also contributed to the writing of the screenplay.
ROCKET SHIP GALILEO.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The importance of this book cannot be overstated, as it is the first published novel (in book form), by one of the major, if not the most, important science fiction writer of post-war America. Heinlein established himself in the field of science fiction during the golden age of Astounding Science Fiction (starting in 1939), he would later introduce a generation of baby boomer children to this literary genre. After World War II, Heinlein's career expanded the reach of the genre by being published in the 'slick' magazines of the period (Saturday Evening Post and others) and he also began a series of juvenile novels to be published by the mainstream firm of Charles Scribner's Sons. Their reach was wide, especially into the library marketplace were many young children would encounter them. This title is "...the first US juvenile sf novel to reflect the new levels of characterization, style and scientific plausibility now expected in the field", "...it was the first in a series that represents the most important contribution any single writer has made to children's SF..." Clute and Nicholls: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1994), p. 554-557. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream science fiction for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure in such a way that even today the book retains interest." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-62. George Pal's 1950 film Destination Moon is loosely based on ROCKET SHIP GALILEO. Heinlein co-authored the screenplay and served as a technical advisor to the production, along with German rocket expert Hermann Oberth. Destination Moon, the first of Pal's many sf films, "has great historical importance: its commercial success initiated the sf film boom of the 1950s, after a decade that had contained almost no sf cinema at all. It has interest in hindsight, too, in the partial accuracy with which it anticipated the actual Moon landing of 1969. To this day, Destination Moon stands as a film obvious made by people who knew about science..." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1994), p. 324.
ROCKET SHIP GALILEO.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947]. Octavo, illustrated by Thomas Voter, cloth. First edition. The importance of this book cannot be overstated, as it is the first published novel (in book form), by one of the major, if not the most, important science fiction writer of post-war America. Heinlein established himself in the field of science fiction during the golden age of Astounding Science Fiction (starting in 1939), he would later introduce a generation of baby boomer children to this literary genre. After World War II, Heinlein's career expanded the reach of the genre by being published in the 'slick' magazines of the period (Saturday Evening Post and others) and he also began a series of juvenile novels to be published by the mainstream firm of Charles Scribner's Sons. Their reach was wide, especially into the library marketplace were many young children would encounter them. This title is "...the first US juvenile sf novel to reflect the new levels of characterization, style and scientific plausibility now expected in the field", "...it was the first in a series that represents the most important contribution any single writer has made to children's SF..." - Clute and Nicholls: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1994), p. 554-557. "A pioneering novel that began American mainstream science fiction for children and combined young protagonists, gadgetry, current science, and adventure in such a way that even today the book retains interest." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-62. George Pal's 1950 film Destination Moon is loosely based on ROCKET SHIP GALILEO. Heinlein co-authored the screenplay and served as a technical advisor to the production, along with German rocket expert Hermann Oberth. Destination Moon, the first of Pal's many sf films, "has great historical importance: its commercial success initiated the sf film boom of the 1950s, after a decade that had contained almost no sf cinema at all. It has interest in hindsight, too, in the partial accuracy with which it anticipated the actual Moon landing of 1969. To this day, Destination Moon stands as a film obvious made by people who knew about science..." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1994), p. 324.
THE ROLLING STONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1952]. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. "...the novel aptly illustrates the author's eminence as writer of science fiction for young readers." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63.
THE ROLLING STONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "...the novel aptly illustrates the author's eminence as writer of science fiction for young readers." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63.
THE ROLLING STONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1952]. Octavo, illustrations by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Signed by Heinlein at the top of the credits page. "...the novel aptly illustrates the author's eminence as writer of science fiction for young readers." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63.
THE ROLLING STONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1952]. Octavo, illustrations by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. "...the novel aptly illustrates the author's eminence as writer of science fiction for young readers." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-63.
SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE.
New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Science fiction novel in which the U. S. is conquered by Asia and a small group of scientists plot to save the country.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford N. Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
SPACE CADET.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's second young adult SF novel. Influenced by the author's experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.
THE STAR BEAST.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1954]. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition.
THE STAR BEAST.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1954]. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition.
THE STAR BEAST.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1954]. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A young adult science-fiction novel about a high school senior and an extraterrestrial pet.
STARMAN JONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953]. Octavo, Illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. "Striking are the detailed, convincing picture of spaceship operational procedures and the suspense whenever the ship must pass through an anomaly."- Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-64.
STARMAN JONES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953]. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. "Striking are the detailed, convincing picture of spaceship operational procedures and the suspense whenever the ship must pass through an anomaly."- Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-64.