The Man Who Sold The Moon (short Story Collection)
The Man Who Sold the Moon is the title of a 1950 collection of science fiction short stories by Robert A. Heinlein.
The stories, part of Heinlein's Future History series, appear in the first edition as follows:
- Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Foreword by Robert A. Heinlein
- '"Let There Be Light"' (1940; originally published in Super Science Stories)
- "The Roads Must Roll" (1940; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
- "The Man Who Sold the Moon" (1950; first appearance is in this collection)
- "Requiem" (1940; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
- "Life-Line" (1939; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
- "Blowups Happen" (1940; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
Early paperback printings omitted "Life-Line" and "Blowups Happen", as well as Campbell's introduction.
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