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The science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was productive during a writing career that spanned the last 49 years of his life and thus 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, and a board game derive more or less directly from his work. He wrote a screenplay for one of the films. Heinlein edited an anthology of other writers' SF short stories.

Three non-fiction books and two poems have been published posthumously. One novel has been published posthumously and another, an unusual collaboration, was published in 2006. Four collections have been published posthumously.

Jack Woodford's books on writing and getting published were important to Heinlein's early career.

Heinlein's fictional works can be found in the library under Library of Congress PS3515.E288, or under Dewey 813.54. Known pseudonyms include Anson MacDonald (4 times), Lyle Monroe (7), John Riverside (1), Caleb Saunders (1), and Simon York (1).

Published works
This is the chronological order of first publication, with the exception of the 1938 first novel which was published essentially unaltered poshumously.


 * 1938:
 * For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs (published posthumously in 2003)
 * 1939:
 * "Life-Line" (August) (revised for book publication, 1949)
 * "Misfit" (November) (revised for book publication, 1953)
 * 1940:
 * "Requiem" (January)
 * ""If This Goes On—"" (January) (significantly rewritten for book publication, 1953)
 * "Let There Be Light" (May, by Lyle Monroe) (revised in 1950 and again in 1963)
 * "The Roads Must Roll" (June)
 * "Coventry" (July)
 * "Successful Operation" (Summer, as "Heil!")
 * "Blowups Happen" (September)
 * "Magic, Inc." (September, as "The Devil Makes the Law" by Anson MacDonald)
 * 1941:
 * Sixth Column (January through March) (book: 1949. Alt. title: The Day After Tomorrow)
 * ""—And He Built a Crooked House—"" (February)
 * "Logic of Empire" (March)
 * "Beyond Doubt" (April, by Lyle Monroe and Elma Wentz)
 * "They (short story)They" (April)
 * "Universe" (May)
 * "Solution Unsatisfactory" (May, by Anson MacDonald)
 * ""—We Also Walk Dogs"" (July, by Anson MacDonald)
 * "Methuselah's Children" (July-September) (significantly rewritten for book publication, 1958)
 * "Elsewhen" (September, as "Elsewhere" by Caleb Saunders)
 * "By His Bootstraps" (October, by Anson MacDonald)
 * "Common Sense" (October)
 * "Lost Legacy" (November, as "Lost Legion" by Lyle Monroe)
 * 1942:
 * ""My Object All Sublime"" (February)
 * "Goldfish Bowl" (March, by Anson MacDonald)
 * "Pied Piper" (March, by Lyle Monroe)
 * Beyond This Horizon (April-May, by Anson MacDonald) (revised for book publication, 1948)
 * "Waldo" (August, by Anson MacDonald)
 * "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" (October, by John Riverside)
 * 1947:
 * "The Green Hills of Earth" (February)
 * "Space Jockey" (April)
 * "Columbus Was a Dope" (May, by Lyle Monroe)
 * "They Do It with Mirrors" (May, by Simon York)
 * ""It's Great to Be Back!"" (July)
 * "Jerry Was a Man" (October, as "Jerry Is a Man")
 * "Water Is for Washing" (November)
 * Rocket Ship Galileo
 * 1948:
 * "The Black Pits of Luna" (January)
 * "Gentlemen, Be Seated!" (May)
 * "Ordeal in Space" (May)
 * Space Cadet
 * 1949:
 * "Our Fair City" (January)
 * "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon" (April-May)
 * "Poor Daddy" (August, by R. A. Heinlein)
 * "Gulf" (November-December)
 * "Delilah and the Space Rigger" (December)
 * "The Long Watch" (December)
 * Red Planet
 * 1950:
 * Shooting Destination Moon (July)
 * "Cliff and the Calories" (August, by R. A. Heinlein)
 * Farmer in the Sky (August-November, serialized as "Satellite Scout"; Retro Hugo Award, 1951
 * "The Man Who Sold the Moon"; Retro Hugo Award, 1951
 * "Destination Moon" (September)
 * 1951:
 * Between Planets (September-October, serialized as "Planets in Combat")
 * The Puppet Masters (September-November) (Original uncut version published 1990)
 * Tomorrow, the Stars (foreword only)
 * 1952:
 * "The Year of the Jackpot" (March)
 * The Rolling Stones (September-December, serialized as "Tramp Space Ship"; UK: "Space Family Stone")
 * "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships" (November)
 * "This I Believe" (Broadcast December 1) This I Believe - Edward R. Murrow ; reprinted in Requiem and Grumbles from the Grave
 * 1953:
 * "Project Nightmare" (April)
 * "Sky Lift" (November)
 * Starman Jones
 * 1954:
 * The Star Beast (May-July, serialized as "Star Lummox")
 * 1955:
 * Tunnel in the Sky
 * 1956:
 * Double Star (February-April); Hugo Award, 1956
 * Time for the Stars
 * The Door into Summer (October-December)
 * 1957:
 * "The Menace From Earth" (August)
 * Citizen of the Galaxy (September-December)
 * "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" (October, serialized as "The Elephant Circuit")
 * 1958:
 * "Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?" (April)
 * "Tenderfoot in Space" (May-July)
 * Have Space Suit—Will Travel (August-October)
 * 1959:
 * ""All You Zombies—"" (March)
 * Starship Troopers (October-November); Hugo Award, 1960
 * 1960
 * "Pravda Means Truth" (October)
 * 1961:
 * Stranger in a Strange Land (original uncut version published 1991); Hugo Award, 1962
 * 1962:
 * "Searchlight" (August)
 * Podkayne of Mars (November 1962-March 1963)
 * 1963:
 * Glory Road (July-September)
 * Farnham's Freehold (July-October)
 * 1965:
 * The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (December 1965-April 1966); Hugo Award, 1967
 * "Free Men" (written 1946)
 * 1970:
 * I Will Fear No Evil (July-December)
 * 1973:
 * Time Enough for Love
 * "The Pragmatics of Patriotism" (April; part of a graduation speech at Annapolis)
 * No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying (December; written appr. 1947)
 * 1975:
 * "Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You" (Compton's Encyclopedia)
 * 1976:
 * "Are You a Rare Blood?" (Compton's Encyclopedia)
 * 1979:
 * "Larger Than Life: A memoir in tribute to Dr. Edward E. Smith"
 * "Spinoff"
 * 1980:
 * The Number of the Beast
 * ''Expanded Universe
 * "The Last Days of the United States" (written 1946)
 * "How to Be a Survivor" (written 1946)
 * "Pie from the Sky"
 * "A Bathroom of Her Own" (written 1946)
 * "On the Slopes of Vesuvius" (written 1947)
 * "Where To?" ("Pandora's Box", 1952, rev. 1965, 1980)
 * "The Third Millennium Opens"
 * "Inside Intourist" (written 1960)
 * "The Happy Days Ahead"
 * 1982:
 * Friday
 * 1984:
 * Job: A Comedy of Justice
 * 1985:
 * The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
 * 1987:
 * To Sail Beyond the Sunset
 * 1988:
 * "Dance Session" (written 1946)
 * "The Witch's Daughters" (written 1946)
 * 1989 (posthumous):
 * Grumbles from the Grave
 * Take Back Your Government: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen (written as "How To Be a Politician", April 1946)
 * 1992:
 * "Requiem"
 * "The Bulletin Board"
 * Tramp Royale
 * 2004:
 * Variable Star (posthumously with Spider Robinson from 1955 notes)

Collections

 * The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1950
 * Waldo & Magic, Inc., 1950
 * The Green Hills of Earth, 1951
 * Orphans of the Sky, 1951: Universe and Commonsense
 * Assignment in Eternity, 1953
 * Revolt in 2100, 1953
 * The Robert Heinlein Omnibus, 1958
 * The Menace From Earth, 1959
 * The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (also as 6 X H), 1959
 * Three by Heinlein, 1965
 * A Robert Heinlein Omnibus, 1966
 * The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, 1966
 * The Past Through Tomorrow, 1967
 * The Best of Robert A. Heinlein, 1973
 * Expanded Universe, 1980
 * A Heinlein Trio, (Doubleday), 1980: The Puppet Masters, Double Star, and The Door Into Summer
 * The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein, 1999
 * Infinite Possibilities, 2003: Tunnel in the Sky, Time for the Stars, and Citizen of the Galaxy
 * To the Stars, 2004: Between Planets, The Rolling Stones, Starman Jones, and The Star Beast
 * Four Frontiers, 2005: Rocket Ship Gallileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet, and Farmer in the Sky
 * Off the Main Sequence, 2005: 27 short stories, including Beyond Doubt, My Object All Sublime and Pied Piper (previously uncollected)

Filmography

 * Destination Moon (story (from the book Rocket Ship Galileo), screenplay, technical advisor), 1950 IMDb (Retro Hugo Award, 1951)
 * Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 1950, (from the book Space Cadet) IMDb
 * Project Moonbase, 1953 IMDb
 * The Brain Eaters, 1959, (from the book The Puppet Masters, uncredited, sued by Heinlein) IMDb
 * Uchu no Senshi (Japanese) (TV Series) (1988) ANN
 * Red Planet, TV mini-series (from the book), 1994 IMDb
 * The Puppet Masters (film), film (from the book), 1994 IMDb
 * Starship Troopers, film loosely based on the book, 1997 IMDb
 * Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, TV series (from the book Starship Troopers), 1999 IMDb
 * (as yet untitled, from the book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, in pre-production)

Spinoffs

 * The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, illuminated by D.F Vassallo, 1978
 * New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988 &mdash; Robert 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
 * Starship Troopers (board game), by Avalon Hill, 1976 and 1997
 * Dimension X, science fiction radio programs in 1950-1951. 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 1955-1958: Universe
 * Language arts materials for teachers based on Heinlein's works, in support of World Space Week, 2005.