Title: Let There Be Light
Title Record # 58507
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1940-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Future History
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1940-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Future History
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 6.33 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), Solar power (1) Add Tags
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Nominations Below Cutoff | 2016 Retro Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Super Science Stories, May 1940 | 1940-05-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Fictioneers, Inc. | $0.15?$: US dollar |
132 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | Gabriel Mayorga | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon! | 1950-02-15 | Robert A. Heinlein | Shasta | $3.00?$: US dollar |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Hubert Rogers | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1951-03-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | 847 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
167 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Stanley Meltzoff | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1953-00-00 | Robert Heinlein | Sidgwick & Jackson | 9/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Hubert Rogers | ||
Mannen som sålde månen?Mannen som salde manen |
1954-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Eklund (Science fiction (Oskar Eklund) #4) | 237 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Mannen som sålde månen?Mannen som salde manen |
1954-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Eklund (Science fiction (Oskar Eklund) #4) | skr 9.50?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
237 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
El hombre que vendió la Luna | 1955-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #6) | 6 | 250 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Armand | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1955-00-00 | Robert Heinlein | Pan Books | 327 | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
252 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gerard Quinn | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1955-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Shasta | $3.00?$: US dollar |
299 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Robert Heinlein Omnibus | 1958-07-00 | Robert Heinlein | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 33 | 5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
256+ 224 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | C. W. Bacon | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1959-04-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | S1644 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
vi+ 159 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Stanley Meltzoff | |
El hombre que vendió la Luna | 1962-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #6) | 6 | 248 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1963-00-00 | Robert Heinlein | Pan Books | X227 | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
237+ [1] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | W. F. Phillipps | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1963-10-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | D2358 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Stanley Meltzoff | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1963-10-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library of Canada | D2358 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Stanley Meltzoff | |
A Robert Heinlein Omnibus | 1966-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Sidgwick & Jackson | 30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
158+ 256+ 224 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
Histoire du Futur: Tome 1 | 1967-10-10 | Robert A. Heinlein | OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #10) |
xxxii+ 402 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1970-01-00 | Robert Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-00431-7 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
237+ [1] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Bruce Pennington | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1970-07-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | T4307 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1971-04-00 | Robert Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-00431-7 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Bruce Pennington | |
Der Mann, der den Mond verkaufte | 1971-11-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3270) | 3270 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
143 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gray Morrow | |
Mannen som sålde månen?Mannen som salde manen |
1974-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #9) | 91-7228-020-4 | skr 27.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
237 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
L'homme qui vendit la Lune | 1978-12-20 | Robert A. Heinlein | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5043) | 2-266-00667-3 | 351 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | W. Siudmak | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1979-04-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-04374-6 | £1.00?£: UK pound |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Tim White | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1979-06-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-08717-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1979-06-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library of Canada | 0-451-08717-8 | C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1980-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-08717-8 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1981-03-00 | Robert Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-00431-7 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
238+ [1] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1981-03-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-05063-7 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Tim White | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1982-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-11587-2 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
Yesterday's Tomorrows | 1982-10-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Berkley Books | 0-425-05648-1 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 431 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1983-07-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-00431-7 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Tim White | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1987-03-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen Books | 0-671-65623-6 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
[9]+ 295 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Melo | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1987-03-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen Books | 0-671-65623-6 | C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
[9]+ 295 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Melo | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1989-00-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | New English Library | 0-450-00431-7 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Danny Flynn | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 2000-03-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen | 0-671-57863-4 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
295 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Patrick Turner | |
Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein | 2005-10-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | Science Fiction Book Club | 1-58288-184-7 / 1196119 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
xxiv+ 738 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bruce Jensen | |
The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume I | 2010-02-00 | Robert A. Heinlein | The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #22) | 978-1-897350-33-1 |
xi+ 508 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky | 2013-08-20 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |||
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky | 2013-09-03 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen | 978-1-4516-3922-3 | $13.00?$: US dollar |
384 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 2013-12-03 | Robert A. Heinlein | Brilliance Audio | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | ||||
The Past Through Tomorrow | 2014-02-27 | Robert A. Heinlein | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-12086-0 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
xv+ 793 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Tim White | |
The Past Through Tomorrow | 2014-03-27 | Robert A. Heinlein | Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-1-4732-0200-9 | £9.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Tim White | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky | 2014-11-25 | Robert A. Heinlein | Baen | 978-1-4767-3705-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
525 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
omni | Bob Eggleton | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | 2014-12-22 | Robert A. Heinlein | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11310-7 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | E7196 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | Y6233 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | E7196 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | Q5341 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
vi+ 159 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | T4307 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | T4307 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet | 0-451-12425-1 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
267 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vincent Di Fate | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Signet / New American Library | Q5341 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gene Szafran | |
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Shasta | $3.00?$: US dollar |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Hubert Rogers | ||
The Man Who Sold the Moon | date unknown | Robert A. Heinlein | Brilliance Audio | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll |