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The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky Author:Robert A. Heinlein All-new afterword by popular Jon and Lobo series creator, Mark L. Van Name. Two classic Robert A. Heinlein novels in one volume: The Man Who Sold the Moon and Orphans of the Sky. Journeys into space, one taking humans to space by hook or by crook, the other the classic first-time tale of a generatio... more »n vessel with passengers who do not realize they are in a spaceship. Two all-time classics from seven-time Hugo winner and Dean of Science Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein, plus two short stories, a novelette and a novella.
Contents:
The Man Who Sold the Moon: D. D. Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of space for all mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars.
Orphans of the Sky: Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood that this must be allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. After all, the real world was only metal corridors and nothing else, right? And then Hugh begins to suspect the truth.
Afterword (The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky) (2013) • essay by Mark L. Van Name
Future History 1951-2600 A.D. (chart) (1963) • interior artwork by (uncredited)
Let There Be Light [Future History] (1940) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein
Preface (The Man Who Sold the Moon) (1950) • essay by Robert A. Heinlein
Requiem [D. D. Harriman] (1940) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein
The Man Who Sold the Moon [D. D. Harriman] (1950) / novella by Robert A. Heinlein
The Roads Must Roll [Future History] (1940) / novelette by Robert A. Heinlein