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Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Year: 1941
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: novelette
ISFDB Record Number: 46412
Note: First published in 1941, this novelette was combined with its sequel, "Common Sense", in "Orphans of the Sky" (1963), a fixup novel.
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Magazine Appearances:
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 1 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 2 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 3 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 4 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 5 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 6 of 6) [Italian] (1954) - Robert A. Heinlein
Publications:
- Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1941, (May 1941, ed. John W. Campbell, Jr., publ. Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Rogers - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Science Fiction, (1946, ed. Groff Conklin, publ. Crown Publishers, $3.50, xxvii+785pp, hc, anth) Cover: Robert Josephy - [VERIFIED]
- Universe, (1951, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Dell, #36, $0.10, 64pp, pb) Cover: Robert Stanley - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #41, (Apr 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #41, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #42, (Apr 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #42, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #43, (May 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #43, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #44, (May 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #44, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #45, (May 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #45, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- I Romanzi di Urania #46, (Jun 1954, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #46, 130 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Curt Caesar - [VERIFIED]
- The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, (1959, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Gnome Press, $3.50, 256pp, hc, coll) Cover: Walter Van der Poel - [VERIFIED]
- Best of Science Fiction, (1963, ed. Groff Conklin, publ. Crown Publishers, $1.95, vii+440pp, tp, anth)
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A, (Jan 1973, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-04576-X, $9.95, xi+529pp, hc, anth) Cover: Robert Aulicino
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A, (May 1973, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, #5685, $3.50, xi+529pp, hc, anth) Cover: Robert Aulicino - [VERIFIED]
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (Jun 1974, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, 0-380-00038-5, $1.75, 572pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas, Book 2, (1975, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-1802-3, £0.55, 188pp, pb, anth) Cover: Eddie Jones - [VERIFIED]
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (1975, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, #25353, $1.95, 572pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (1976, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, 0-380-00038-5, $2.25, 572pp, pb, anth)
- The Golden Age of Science Fiction, (1980, ed. Groff Conklin, publ. Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers, 0-517-33486-0, xxvii+785pp, hc, anth) Cover: Ray Yeldham - [VERIFIED]
- Silent Thunder / Universe, (Jul 1991, Dean Ing, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Tor (Tor Double #35), 0-812-50265-5, $3.99, 220pp, pb, omni) Cover: Joe DeVito - [VERIFIED]
- Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein, (Oct 2005, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Science Fiction Book Club, 1-58288-184-7, $15.99, xxiv+738pp, hc, coll) Cover: Bruce Jensen
- The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume II, (Feb 2010, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #23), 978-1-897350-34-8, vii+536pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (date unknown, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, 0-380-00038-5, $3.95, 572pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (date unknown, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, 0-380-00038-5, $2.25, 572pp, pb, anth)
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA, (date unknown, ed. Ben Bova, publ. Avon, 0-380-00038-5, $2.25, 572pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]