Off the Main Sequence
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| Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Science Fiction Book Club |
Publication date | November 2005 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 738 + xxiv |
| ISBN | 1-58288-184-7 |
| OCLC | 62596696 |
Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein (ISBN 1-58288-184-7) is a collection of 27 short stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, including three that were never previously collected in book form.
The title is a play on the astronomy concept off the main sequence, and refers to these stories not being part of Heinlein's Future History.
Table of contents[edit]
- "Introduction" by Greg Bear
- "Foreword" by Michael Cassutt
- "Editor's Note" by Andrew Wheeler
- "Successful Operation" (as "Heil") by Lyle Monroe, Futuria Fantasia, April 1940
- "Let There Be Light" by Lyle Monroe, Super Science Stories, May 1940
- ""—And He Built a Crooked House—"", Astounding Stories, February 1941
- "Beyond Doubt" by Lyle Monroe & Elma Wentz, Astonishing Stories, April 1941 (*)
- "They", Unknown, April 1941
- "Solution Unsatisfactory" by Anson MacDonald, Astounding, May 1941
- "Universe", Astounding, May 1941
- "Elsewhen" (as "Elsewhere") by Caleb Saunders, Astounding, September 1941
- "Common Sense", Astounding, October 1941
- "By His Bootstraps" by Anson MacDonald, Astounding, October 1941
- "Lost Legacy" (as "Lost Legion") by Lyle Monroe, Super Science Stories, November 1941
- "My Object All Sublime" by Lyle Monroe, Future Fiction, February 1942 (*)
- "Goldfish Bowl" by Anson MacDonald, Astounding, March 1942
- "Pied Piper" by Lyle Monroe, Astonishing Stories, March 1942 (*)
- "Free Men", The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, 1966
- "On the Slopes of Vesuvius", Expanded Universe, 1980
- "Columbus Was a Dope", Startling Stories, May 1947
- "Jerry Was a Man" (as "Jerry Is a Man"), Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1947
- "Water Is for Washing", Argosy, November 1947
- "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon", Boys' Life, April 1949
- "Gulf", Astounding, November 1949
- "Destination Moon", Short Stories, September 1950
- "The Year of the Jackpot", Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1952
- "Project Nightmare", Amazing Stories, April/May 1953
- "Sky Lift", Imagination, November 1953
- "Tenderfoot in Space", Boys' Life, May 1958
- "All You Zombies—", Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1959
- (*) Previously uncollected in a Heinlein collection