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"Double Star" is a science fiction novel written by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1956 as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction and later released as a book. The plot follows an out-of-work actor who is hired to impersonate a prominent Martian politics advocate after the original is kidnap...

"Have Space Suit—Will Travel" is a 1958 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published as one of his juvenile novels by Scribner's. The story follows teenager Kip Russell, who wins a spacesuit in a contest and becomes entangled in an interstellar conflict involving alien species a...

The Door into Summer is a science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in 1956 and published in book form in 1957. The narrative follows Daniel Boone Davis, an engineer who is betrayed and placed into suspended animation, only to awaken in the distant future. Th...

Tunnel in the Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1955 as part of his series of young adult novels for Scribner's. The plot centers on Rod Walker, a student participating in a final examination for an advanced survival course. The exam requires students to be...

The Puppet Masters is a science fiction novel written by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1951. The narrative follows a secret American government agency tasked with combating slug-like, parasitic aliens who attach themselves to human hosts to control their minds. The book is an early example...

"Methuselah's Children" is a 1958 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein, notable for expanding his Future History series by following the long-lived Howard Families fleeing Earth.

"Waldo and Magic, Inc." is a 1950 compilation volume containing two separate science fiction novellas by American author Robert A. Heinlein. The first story, "Waldo," centers on a disabled genius who invents remote-manipulation mechanical hands to interact with the world, popularizing the real-world...

Published in 1951, "Between Planets" is a juvenile science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. The story follows Don Harvey, a young human protagonist whose education on a space station is interrupted by a war breaking out between Earth and the rebelling Venus and Mars colonies. The novel is part o...

"Space Cadet" is a science fiction novel published in 1948 by American author Robert A. Heinlein. Written as part of his series of juvenile science fiction novels, the story follows young Matt Dodson as he undergoes rigorous training to join the Interplanetary Patrol. The narrative focuses on themes...

Podkayne of Mars is a science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published in hardcover in 1963 after magazine serialization. It is presented through the diary of Podkayne Fries, a teenage girl living on Mars who travels with her younger brother Clark and their great-uncle on a spaceship, making t...

Time Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. It centers on Lazarus Long, a genetically modified human whose exceptionally long life provides the framework for stories about memory, identity, family, sexuality, politics, and human development across...

Rocket Ship Galileo is a juvenile science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1947. It follows three teenage experimenters and an adult scientist who convert a rocket for a voyage to the Moon, where they encounter a hidden military threat. The book was the first of Heinlein's ser...