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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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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1940 "Let There Be Light"
1940 "Let There Be Light" [as by Robert Heinlein]
1940 'Let There Be Light' [as by Robert Heinlein]
1940 'Let There Be Light'
1940 Let There Be Light [as by Lyle Monroe]
Year Language Title
1954Translated by Harry Östlund and Sven Elmgren
Swedish Varde ljus!
1955Translated by Antonio Ribera Jordá
Spanish Hágase la luz
1967Translated by Pierre Billon
French " Que la lumière soit ! "
1971Translated by Fritz Steinberg
German Es werde Licht
1978Translated by Pierre Billon
French "Que la lumière soit"

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
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
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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