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“The Man Who Sold the Moon” (1949) - It seems 90% of this novella was fast moving dialog. I had in my head J.K. Simmons’ voice as Harriman, a la “Bring me pictures of Spider-Man!” The story itself is ludicrous. Little did he know how hard it is to get to the moon! Harriman just bought his way there!

— Nov 08, 2024 08:14PM

The Past through Tomorrow (Future History or "Heinlein Timeline" #1-21)

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Bernard is on page 319 of 830

“It’s Great to Be Back!” (1946). I definitely should have seen that ending from a mile away!

— Oct 22, 2025 06:14PM

Bernard is on page 287 of 830

"The Long Watch" (1948) - As my daughter would say, "Depresso Expresso." A tale of sadness and heroics!

"Gentlemen, Be Seated" (1948) - I wonder if Heinlein was given a dare: "Write a story where someone's butt fat saves the day!"

— Jan 21, 2025 09:05AM

Bernard is on page 263 of 830

"Requiem" (1939) - Short, sweet, sad. R.I.P.

— Jan 09, 2025 06:40AM

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"Space Jockey" (1947) - What is home? Home is where your family is. Even in space.

— Dec 14, 2024 07:22AM

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"Delilah and the Space-Rigger" (1949) - [begins] "We can't have women engineers in space!" 16 pages later: "Give me more women engineers in space!" [ends]

— Dec 10, 2024 02:12PM

Bernard is on page 121 of 830

"Blowups Happen" - an ominous name and I thought for sure that something would, in fact, blow up. Did it? Well, I don't want to spoil it for you! An atomic reactor is the setting, the protagonists are engineers and psychologists, but the surprise main antagonist, is basically, anxiety!

— Oct 20, 2024 07:08PM

Bernard is on page 73 of 830

"The Roads Must Roll" (1940) - Heinlein accurately predicted Star Wars viewer reaction to not having guard rails by the superlaser, showing us disaster that awaits large-scale, fast moving, conveyor belt-like roads, in close proximity to each other.

— Sep 12, 2024 06:01PM

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“Life-Line” — I should have seen the ending a mile away. But I didn’t. ✉️

— Sep 11, 2024 08:41PM

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— Jul 07, 2024 08:13PM