The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert A. Heinlein

The Man Who Sold The Moon



The Man Who Sold The Moon



The Man Who Sold The Moon Robert A. Heinlein ebook
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The principal story bears the title of this collection of short and not-so-short Heinlein tales, most of them a part of his "Future History" timeline.Delos Harriman, an aging business mogul with the dream of traveling into space, makes good his childhood hopes by creating the first moon shot through commercial and private ventures rather than with government or military support. His pursuit of this dream against opposition on all sides makes for a wonderful tale of legal chicanery, innovation, and genius. Through commercialization of space, Harriman opens the final frontier to humanity and establishes the basis of many Heinlein stories to come.A later story in the book, "Requiem," brings Harriman's tale full-circle as the founder of all space travel finally achieves his personal dream of reaching the moon; legal wrangling and fear of his health had kept him earthbound for decades after the first moon mission.The stories in this book all make up a portion of Heinlein's "Future History," but the order they are presented in is not logical. "Blowups Happen" and "The Roads Must Roll" should be among the first tales and "Requiem" one of the last, but as a timeline for the Future History is included, one can see where the tales are supposed to fit in.Some of the technical details are indeed dated as Heinlein penned many of the stories during the Golden Age of science fiction; he decided upon attempting revisions to "Blowups Happen" that such changes actually detracted from the stories as continually revising them for new developments was counterproductive. Read them for what they are and the ideas they contain, not necessarily for the scientific aspects.Readers wishing to see the Future History unfold in their logical order and entirity should consider the book "The Past Through Tomorrow," another Heinlein anthology devoted to the stories of that series--but this book is a good place to start.

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