Title: Universe

Title: Universe Title Record # 46412
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1941-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

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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Year	Title
1963	Universe [as by Robert Heinlein]

Year	Language	Title
1979^ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton	German	Das Universum
2009^ⓘTranslated by Mirela Oniciuc	Romanian	Univers

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 1 of 6)
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 2 of 6)
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 3 of 6)
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 4 of 6)
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 5 of 6)
1954^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	Alla deriva nell'infinito (Part 6 of 6)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
37 ^ⓘ13 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Novella
Nominations Below Cutoff	2016 Retro Hugo	Best Novella

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1941	1941-05-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	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	Rogers
The Best of Science Fiction	1946-02-11	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvii+ 785	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Josephy
Universe	1951-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Dell	36	$0.10^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	64	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.	chap	Robert Stanley
I Romanzi di Urania #41	1954-04-20	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	41	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #42	1954-04-30	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	42	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #43	1954-05-10	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	43	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #44	1954-05-20	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	44	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #45	1954-05-30	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	45	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
I Romanzi di Urania #46	1954-06-10	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	46	Lit 130^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Curt Caesar
The Best of Science Fiction	1963-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers		$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 440	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 Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	1964-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Burns & MacEachern		C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writres of America	1973-01-00	ed. Ben Bova	Doubleday	0-385-04576-X	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Aulicino
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A	1973-05-00	ed. Ben Bova	Doubleday / SFBC	5685	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Aulicino
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two	1973-09-13	ed. Ben Bova	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-01735-X		ix+ 422	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	1974-06-00	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	1974-06-00	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	C$1.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	572	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.	anth
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas, Book 2	1975-00-00	ed. Ben Bova	Sphere Books	0-7221-1802-3	£0.55^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	188	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.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	1975-00-00	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	25353	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	1976-00-00	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
Titan 10	1979-02-00	ed. Ben Bova, Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3633)	3-453-30545-0	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	176	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.	anth	George Jones
The Golden Age of Science Fiction	1980-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-33486-0		xxx+ 785	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ray Yeldham
Silent Thunder / Universe	1991-07-00	Robert A. Heinlein, Dean Ing	Tor (Tor Double #35)	0-812-50265-5	$3.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	220	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	Joe DeVito
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writers of America	2001-00-00	ed. Ben Bova	The Easton Press			xi+ 529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A	2004-12-00	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-765-30534-8	$29.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xi+ 529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Kenn Brown
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. ISO code: USD	xxiv+ 738	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bruce Jensen
Almanah 2009 (Sci-Fi Magazin)	2009-01-00	ed. George Lazăr^?George Lazar , Cătălin Moraru^?Catalin Moraru	Mediapress, Botoșani^?Mediapress, Botosani		Lei 30^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	304	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.	anth
The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume II	2010-02-00	Robert A. Heinlein	The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #23)	978-1-897350-34-8		vii+ 536	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Past Through Tomorrow	2014-02-27	Robert A. Heinlein	Gollancz / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-12086-0	£18.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Tim White
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A	2018-02-27	ed. Ben Bova	Blackstone Audio				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two-A: The Great Novellas	2019-04-29	ed. Ben Bova	Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-426-2	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	582	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 Best of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvii+ 785	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Josephy
The Best of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvii+ 785	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Josephy
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-00038-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Avon	0-380-46292-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	572	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.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Gollancz Readers Union			ix+ 422	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A	date unknown	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-765-30534-8	$29.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	529	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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