Tomorrow the Stars

By: Heinlein, Robert A.

Book Overview

Heinlein edited this anthology of extrapolations by assorted writers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425075729
• ISBN13: 9780425075722
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

Heinlein delivers an essay on science fiction as literature and what he thinks about it, or something along those lines, as the introduction. Also what is or is not fantasy (time travel, telekinesis, etc. at the time). Apparently assistance in choosing the stories came from :"My thanks to the other fourTruman Talley, Judith Merril, Fred Pohl, and Walter Bradbury." A 3.39, so pretty decent for 1952. Tomorrow the Stars : I'm Scared - Jack Finney Tomorrow the Stars : The Silly Season - C. M. Kornbluth Tomorrow the Stars : Report on the Barnhouse Effect - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Tomorrow the Stars : The Tourist Trade - Bob Tucker Tomorrow the Stars : Rainmaker - John Reese Tomorrow the Stars : Absalom - Henry Kuttner Tomorrow the Stars : The Monster - Lester del Rey Tomorrow the Stars : Jay Score - Eric Frank Russell Tomorrow the Stars : Betelgeuse Bridge - William Tenn Tomorrow the Stars : Survival Ship - Judith Merril Tomorrow the Stars : Keyhole - Murray Leinster Tomorrow the Stars : Misbegotten Missionary - Isaac Asimov Tomorrow the Stars : The Sack - William Morrison Tomorrow the Stars : Poor Superman - Fritz Leiber Out of order. 4 out of 5 UFO cry wolf Martian trick. 3 out of 5 Psionic professor's Quest For Peace. 4 out of 5 Historical ghost visit. 3.5 out of 5 Get wet girl. 3 out of 5 Mutant moral control. 3 out of 5 The most important paranoiac man. Sort of. 4 out of 5 Hot trip. 2 out of 5 Snowed when selling the Snail Men. 4 out of 5 Colony secrets. 3.5 out of 5 Moon traitor nursery surprise. 3.5 out of 5 Fragmentary infiltration. 3.5 out of 5 Info, not spuds. 3 out of 5 Power of the mind not funny. 4 out of 5 3.5 out of 5

Good for the beginning collector

Don't expect a Heinlein collection, he's the editor. The stories are all very good when they are not excellent. But you would expect that from Heinlein's picks. However most have been anthologized to death, so watch out for duplications in your library before you buy. It's still a good buy if you only need 3 or 4 of the stories.

Heinlein's first and only turn as an editor

In the early 1950's, R.A.H. took a little time off from writing to assemble a collection of his personal favorites: CONTENTS: Introduction (R A H) I'm Scared (Jack Finney) Collier's 1951 The Silly Season (C. M. Kornbluth) F & SF 1950 Report on the Barnhouse Effect (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) Collier's 1950 The Tourist Trade (Wilson Tucker) Rainmaker (John Reese) Absalom (Henry Kuttner) The Monster (Lester Del Rey) Argosy 1951 Jay Score (Eric Frank Russell) Astounding 1941 Betelgeuse Bridge (William Tenn) Galaxy 1950 Keyhole (Murray Leinster) Misbegotten Missionary (Isaac Asimov) The Sack (William Morrison) Astounding 1950 Poor Superman (Fritz Leiber)