Expanded Universe (book)

1980 collection of stories and essays by American writer Robert A. Heinlein

This article is about the Robert Heinlein book. For other uses, see Star Wars expanded universe, Star Trek expanded universe, and expansion of the universe.

Expanded Universe

First Edition cover for Expanded Universe

Author| Robert A. Heinlein
Country| United States
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| Ace Books

Publication date

| 1980
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN| 978-0441218837
LC Class| PS3515.E288 E96

Expanded Universe, The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein is a 1980 collection of stories and essays by American writer Robert A. Heinlein.[1] The trade paperback 1981 edition lists the subtitle under other Heinlein books as More Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein because the contents subsume the 1966 Ace Books collection, The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. The current volume is dedicated to William Targ.

## Contents[edit]

The book collects many short stories and essays, with a foreword for each. They are:

* Forward
* "Life-Line" (*)
* "Successful Operation"
* "Blowups Happen" (*)
* "Solution Unsatisfactory" (*)
* "The Last Days of the United States"
* "How to Be a Survivor"
* "Pie from the Sky"
* "They Do It with Mirrors"
* "Free Men" (*)
* "No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying"
* "A Bathroom of Her Own"
* "On the Slopes of Vesuvius"
* "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon"
* "Pandora's Box" (*)
* "Where To?" (1950, 1965, 1980)
* "Cliff and the Calories"
* "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships"
* "The Third Millennium Opens"
* "Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?"
* "Pravda Means Truth"
* "Inside Intourist"
* "Searchlight" (*)
* "The Pragmatics of Patriotism"
* "Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You"
* "Larger than Life", a memoir in tribute to E. E. "Doc" Smith
* "Spinoff", about NASA spinoff technologies
* "The Happy Days Ahead"

The six items marked with (*) appeared in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein.

When divided into two volumes, Volume 1 concludes with "On the Slopes of Vesuvius",[2] and Volume 2 picks up with "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon".[3]

## Reception[edit]

Greg Costikyan reviewed Expanded Universe in Ares Magazine #8 and commented that "Expanded Universe is a book for the completist, the Heinlein devotee, and those interesting in seeing what Heinlein the man, rather than Heinlein the writer, actually believes."[4]

## Reviews[edit]

* Review by Spider Robinson (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1980[5]
* Review by Alexei Panshin (1981) in Omni, April 1981
* Review by Joseph Nicholas (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 6
* Review by Jack Williamson (1981) in Omni, July 1981
* Review by Andrew Andrews (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1981
* Review by Dave Langford (1981) in Foundation, #23 October 1981
* Review by Tom Easton (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 12, 1981

## References[edit]

1. ^ Don D'Ammassa (2005). Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Infobase Publishing. p. 183\. ISBN 978-0-8160-5924-9.
2. ^ Heinlein, Robert A. (January 21, 2015). Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume One. Phoenix Pick. ISBN 978-1612422381.
3. ^ Heinlein, Robert A. (March 16, 2015). Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume Two. Phoenix Pick. ISBN 978-1612422404.
4. ^ Costikyan, Greg (May 1981). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (8): 34.
5. ^ "Title: Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein".

## External links[edit]

* Expanded Universe title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
* Expanded Universe at Open Library

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* Bibliography

Future History|

* The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950)
* The Green Hills of Earth (1951)
* Revolt in 2100 (1953)
* Methuselah's Children (1958)
* Orphans of the Sky (1963)
* The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
* Time Enough for Love (1973)
* The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (1978)

World as Myth|

* The Number of the Beast (1980)
* The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
* To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
* The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)

Scribner's
juveniles|

* Rocket Ship Galileo (1947)
* Space Cadet (1948)
* Red Planet (1949)
* Farmer in the Sky (1950)
* Between Planets (1951)
* The Rolling Stones (1952)
* Starman Jones (1953)
* The Star Beast (1954)
* Tunnel in the Sky (1955)
* Time for the Stars (1956)
* Citizen of the Galaxy (1957)
* Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958)

Other novels|

* For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs (1939/2003)
* Beyond This Horizon (1948)
* Sixth Column (1949)
* The Puppet Masters (1951)
* Variable Star (1955/2006)
* Double Star (1956)
* The Door into Summer (1957)
* Starship Troopers (1959)
* Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
* Podkayne of Mars (1963)
* Glory Road (1963)
* Farnham's Freehold (1964)
* The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
* I Will Fear No Evil (1970)
* Friday (1982)
* Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984)

Collections|

* The Robert Heinlein Omnibus (1958)
* The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
* Expanded Universe (1980)
* Requiem (1992)

Non-fiction|

* Take Back Your Government (1946/1992)
* Tramp Royale (1954/1992)
* Grumbles from the Grave (1989)

Screenplays|

* Destination Moon (1950)
* Project Moonbase (1953)

Characters|

* Delos D. Harriman
* Jubal Harshaw
* Maureen Johnson
* Andrew Jackson Libby
* Lazarus Long
* Hazel Stone

Legacy|

* Heinlein Centennial
* Heinlein Society
* Robert A. Heinlein Award
* Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization

Related|

* Virginia Heinlein
* The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana
* Starship Troopers (film)
* Tribbles
* Grok

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Robert A. Heinlein's Future History

Collections|

* The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950)
* The Green Hills of Earth (1951)
* Revolt in 2100 (1953)
* Orphans of the Sky (1963)
* The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)

Novels|

* Methuselah's Children (1958)
* The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
* Time Enough for Love (1973)
* The Number of the Beast (1980)
* The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
* To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
* The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)

Short
stories|

* "Life-Line"
* "Let There Be Light"
* "The Roads Must Roll"
* "Blowups Happen"
* "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
* "Delilah and the Space Rigger"
* "Space Jockey"
* "Requiem"
* "The Long Watch"
* "Gentlemen, Be Seated!"
* "The Black Pits of Luna"
* "It's Great to Be Back!"
* "—We Also Walk Dogs"
* "Searchlight"
* "Ordeal in Space"
* "The Green Hills of Earth"
* "Logic of Empire"
* "The Menace from Earth"
* "'If This Goes On—'"
* "Coventry"
* "Misfit"
* "Universe"
* "Common Sense"

Characters|

* Lazarus Long
* The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
* Delos D. Harriman
* Jubal Harshaw
* Competent man
* Maureen Johnson
* Andrew Jackson Libby
* Hazel Stone

Related|

* The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
* Expanded Universe (1980)

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