Family: Surname rhymes with "fine line"; born July 7, 1907, in Butler, MO; died of heart failure, May 8, 1988, in Carmel, CA; cremated and ashes scattered at sea with military honors; son of Rex Ivar (an accountant) and Bam (Lyle) Heinlein; married Leslyn McDonald (divorced, 1947); married Virginia Doris Gerstenfeld, October 21, 1948. Education: Attended University of Missouri, 1925; U.S. Naval Academy, graduate, 1929; University of California, Los Angeles, graduate study (physics and mathematics), 1934. Memberships: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Authors Guild of America, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Retired Officers Association, Navy League, Association of the U.S. Army, Air Force Association, World Future Society, National Rare Blood (donors) Club, U.S. Naval Institute, California Arts Society, Minutemen of U.S.S. Lexington, American Association of Blood Banks.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS

• Beyond This Horizon (originally serialized under pseudonym Anson MacDonald in Astounding Science Fiction, April and May, 1942), Fantasy Press (Reading, PA), 1948.
• Sixth Column, Gnome Press (Hicksville, NY), 1949, published as The Day After Tomorrow, New American Library (New York, NY), 1951.
• Waldo [and] Magic, Inc. (also see below), Doubleday (New York, NY), 1950, published as Waldo: Genius in Orbit, Avon (New York, NY), 1958.
• Universe, Dell (New York, NY), 1951, published as Orphans of the Sky, Gollancz (London), 1963.
• The Puppet Masters (also see below; originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, September-November, 1951), Doubleday, 1951.
• Revolt in 2100, Shasta (Chicago), 1953.
• Double Star (originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February-April, 1956), Doubleday, 1956.
• The Door into Summer (originally serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October-December, 1956), Doubleday, 1957.
• Methuselah's Children (originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, July-September, 1941), Gnome Press, 1958.
• Stranger in a Strange Land, Putnam, 1961, revised and uncut edition with preface by wife Virginia Heinlein, 1990.
• Glory Road (originally serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July-September, 1963), Putnam, 1963.
• Farnham's Freehold (originally serialized in If, July, August, and October, 1964), Putnam, 1964.
• Three by Heinlein (contains The Puppet Masters, Waldo, and Magic, Inc.), Doubleday, 1965, published in England as A Heinlein Triad, Gollancz, 1966.
• A Robert Heinlein Omnibus, Sidgwick & Jackson (London), 1966.
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (originally serialized in If, December, 1965, January-April, 1966), Putnam, 1966.
• I Will Fear No Evil (originally serialized in Galaxy, July, August, October, and December, 1970), Putnam, 1971.
• Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long, Putnam, 1973.
• The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (excerpted from Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long), Putnam, 1978.
• The Number of the Beast, Fawcett (New York, NY), 1980.
• Friday, Holt (New York, NY), 1982.
• Job: A Comedy of Justice, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Cat Who Walks through Walls: A Comedy of Manners, Putnam, 1985.
• To Sail beyond the Sunset: The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson, Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady, Putnam, 1987.

• Rocket Ship Galileo (also see below), Scribner (New York, NY), 1947.
• Space Cadet (also see below), Scribner, 1948.
• Red Planet, Scribner, 1949, new paperback edition including previously unpublished passages, Del Rey, 1989.
• Farmer in the Sky (originally serialized as "Satellite Scout" in Boy's Life, August-November, 1950), Scribner, 1950.
• Between Planets (originally serialized as "Planets in Combat" in Blue Book, September and October, 1951), Scribner, 1951.
• The Rolling Stones (originally serialized as "Tramp Space Ship" in Boy's Life, September-December, 1952), Scribner, 1952, published in England as Space Family Stone, Gollancz, 1969.
• Starman Jones, Scribner, 1953.
• Star Beast (originally serialized as "The Star Lummox" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May-July, 1954), Scribner, 1954.
• Tunnel in the Sky, Scribner, 1955.
• Time for the Stars, Scribner, 1956.
• Citizen of the Galaxy (originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, September-December, 1957), Scribner, 1957.
• Have Space Suit--Will Travel (originally serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August-October, 1958), Scribner, 1958.
• Starship Troopers (originally serialized as "Starship Soldier" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October and November, 1959), Putnam, 1959.
• Podkayne of Mars: Her Life and Times (originally serialized in Worlds of If, November, 1962, January and March, 1963), Putnam, 1963, published as Podkayne of Mars, Baen (Riverdale, NY), 1993.

• The Man Who Sold the Moon, Shasta, 1950, 3rd edition, 1953.
• The Green Hills of Earth, Shasta, 1951.
• Assignment in Eternity, Fantasy Press, 1953.
• The Menace from Earth, Gnome Press, 1959.
• The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, Gnome Press, 1959, published as 6 x H, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1962.
• The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace Books, 1966.
• The Past through Tomorrow: Future History Stories, Putnam, 1967.
• The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1939-1959, two volumes, edited by Angus Wells, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973.
• Destination Moon, Gregg (Boston, MA), 1979.
• Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace Books, 1980.
• Requiem: New Collected Words by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master, edited by Yoji Kondo, Tom Doherty Associates (New York City), 1992.
• The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein, Tor (New York, NY), 1999.
• For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs, Scribner (New York, NY), 2004.

• (With Rip Van Ronkel and James O' Hanlon) Destination Moon (based on Rocket Ship Galileo; produced and directed by George Pal/Eagle Lion, 1950), edited by David G. Hartwell, Gregg, 1979.
• (With Jack Seaman) Project Moonbase, Galaxy Pictures/Lippert Productions, 1953.

• (Editor) Tomorrow, the Stars, Doubleday, 1952.
• (With others) Famous Science Fiction Stories, Random House (New York City), 1957.
• (With others) The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism, Advent (Chicago), 1959.
• (Author of preface) Daniel O. Graham, High Frontier: A Strategy for National Survival, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1983.
• Grumbles from the Grave (collected correspondence), edited by Virginia Heinlein, Ballantine, 1989.
• Take Back Your Government: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work (political commentary), with introduction by Jerry Pournelle, Baen, 1992.
• Tramp Royale (autobiographical fiction), Ace, 1992.

Also author of engineering report, Test Procedures for Plastic Materials Intended for Structural and Semi-Structural Aircraft Uses, 1944. Contributor to books, including Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction, edited by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Fantasy Press, 1947. Also contributor to anthologies and to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Contributor of over 150 short stories and articles, sometimes under pseudonyms, to Saturday Evening Post, Analog, Galaxy, Astounding Science Fiction, and other publications.

MEDIA ADAPTATIONS: The television series Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, which aired from 1951-56, was based on Heinlein's novel Space Cadet; a military simulation boardgame was created based upon Starship Troopers; Starship Troopers was released as an animated feature in Japan; Red Planet was adapted as a three-part cartoon mini-series, released as Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet; The Puppet Masters was filmed in 1994, released as Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland; Starship Troopers was filmed in 1996, directed by Paul Verhoeven; television, radio, and film rights to many of Heinlein's works have been sold.