Revolt in 2100

1953 science fiction collection by Robert A. Heinlein

Revolt in 2100

First edition cover

Author| Robert A. Heinlein
Cover artist| Hubert Rogers
Language| English
Series| Future History
Genre| Science fiction
Published| 1953
Publisher| Shasta Publishers
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 317
OCLC| 1674023
LCCN 53-12529

Revolt in 2100 is a 1953 science fiction collection by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, part of his Future History series.

The book consists of:

* Foreword by Henry Kuttner: "The Innocent Eye"
* "If This Goes On—" (1940; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
* "Coventry" (1940; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
* "Misfit" (1939; originally published in Astounding Science Fiction)
* Afterword: "Concerning Stories Never Written"

"If This Goes On—" is a short novel detailing a rebellion against an American theocracy. Heinlein revised and expanded the magazine version for this publication.[1] "Coventry" and "Misfit" are short stories showing the succeeding secular liberal society from the point of view of characters who reject it.

The book's afterword describes three unwritten stories which would have described the beginning of the theocracy and the beginning of the rebellion against it. "The Sound of His Wings" would have followed a televangelist named Nehemiah Scudder who rode a populist, racist wave of support to the presidency. "Eclipse" would have described the subsequent collapse of American society, with emphasis on the withdrawal from space travel by the new regime. "The Stone Pillow" would have covered the rise of the rebellion which the protagonists of "If This Goes On—" later join.

Reviewer Groff Conklin described the book as "a classic" and the lead story as "a smashing tale of revolution in the United States".[2] Boucher and McComas, however, described the collection as "[i]mpressive in its time, and important in the development of modern science fiction", but found it highly uneven, "with pages worthy of the mature 1954 Heinlein ... followed immediately by passages from the author's literary apprenticeship".[1] P. Schuyler Miller found it to be "a distinctly minor Heinlein contribution, ... way below the mark Heinlein has set himself in his recent teen-age books".[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Recommended Reading". F&SF. No. June 1954. p. 71.
2. ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction (August 1954): 94–95.
3. ^ "The Reference Library". Astounding Science Fiction (November 1954): 148–149.

## External links

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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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