Author Index

Robert Heinlein (40 books, £36.31, 9,200 pages)

Title
Copyright Format Type Publisher ISBN Pages Price Rating
Notes
Revolt in 2100
1939 Paper Short Stories New English Library 450035859 207 0.85 Good
Waldo + Magic Inc.
1940 Paper Book Pan 0330023527 204 0.40 Good
2 shortish stories
The Puppet Masters
1940 Paper Book Pan 0330022350 220 0.30 Good
Beyond this Horizon
1942 Paper Book New English Library 0450050858 204 1.25 OK
Take itself a bit too seriously, a shadow of where Heinlein would end up.
Rocketship Galileo
1947 Paper Book New English Library 45049795 159 0.95 Not Read
Very childish but quite readable
Space Cadet
1948 Paper Book New English Library 450035867 172 0.75 Good
He is really hitting his stride. Tight action and a pacey plot
The Day After Tomorrow
1949 Paper Book New English Library 450039528 141 0.75 Good
More of the same but with a splash of paranoia, not quite what is needed in an SF action and once again we can see where he is going to end up.
Red Planet
1949 Paper Book Pan 173 0.20 Excellent
Now we are really cooking. Fast action kids SF, what more is needed.
Farmer in the Sky
1950 Paper Book Pan 0330107135 174 0.60 Excellent
The 50's really were the golden years. Stick a pin in the list they are all excellently put together.
Between Planets
1951 Paper Book New English Library 450035840 174 0.75 Good
Space Family Stone
1952 Paper Book New English Library 450006638 171 0.30 Excellent
The Wild West in space, you can almost see the covered wagons
The Man Who Sold the Moon
1953 Paper Short Stories New English Library 450043746 238 1.00 Good
Starman Jones
1953 Paper Book New English Library 0450047997 207 1.25 Excellent
Action and moral dilemas!
Assignment in Eternity Vol 2
1953 Paper Short Stories New English Library 450037592 142 0.67 Good
bound with vol 1
Assignment in Eternity
1953 Paper Book New English Library 450035484 127 0.67 Good
bound with vol 2
Star Beast
1954 Paper Book New English Library 450038564 173 0.80 Excellent
The Green Hills of Earth
1954 Paper Short Stories Pan 0330106791 189 0.60 Good
Tunnel in the Sky
1955 Paper Book Ace 253 0.25 Excellent
Double Star
1956 Paper Book Panther 127 0.13 Excellent
The Door into Summer
1956 Paper Book Pan 0330025163 190 0.35 Excellent
All this and cats too!
Time for the Stars
1956 Paper Book Pan 330020285 190 0.00 Excellent
Citizen of the Galaxy
1957 Paper Book Penguin 0140057498 263 1.50 Excellent
This is my favorite of the classic Heinleins
Have Space Suit - Will Travel
1958 Paper Book New English Library 450038548 175 0.80 Good
Methuselah's Children
1958 Paper Book New English Library 450049787 175 0.95 Good
Starship Troopers
1959 Paper Book New English Library 450000842 223 0.15 Excellent
I guess I shouldn't like this but I do
The Menace from Earth
1959 Paper Short Stories Corgi 0552113328 189 0.95 Good
Stranger in a Strange Land
1961 Paper Book New English Library 450034674 400 1.20 Crap
Took 3 goes to read, not really finished but I'm not having another go
Glory Road
1963 Paper Book New English Library 450039722 256 0.85 Good
Podkayne of Mars
1963 Paper Book New English Library 450002780 157 0.30 Good
Orphans of the Sky
1963 Paper Book Panther 586042040 111 0.50 Excellent
Farnham's Freehold
1964 Paper Book Corgi 0552112372 299 1.25 Excellent
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
1966 Paper Book New English Library 450045137 288 1.25 Excellent
To be honest you can stop reading here, it goes pretty quickly downhill from here
The Worlds of ...
1966 Paper Short Stories New English Library 450022323 127 0.35 Good
I Will Fear No Evil
1971 Paper Book New English Library 450051625 414 1.75 Good
No completely awful
The Best of ... 1939-1942
1973 Paper Short Stories Sphere 0722144679 212 0.55 Excellent
The Best of ... 1947-1959
1973 Paper Short Stories Sphere 0722144687 149 0.65 Excellent
Time Enough for Love
1974 Paper Book New English Library 450043924 607 1.50 Not Read
The Number of the Beast
1980 Paper Book New English Library 450046753 556 1.50 Crap
Completely awful
Friday
1982 Paper Book New English Library 0450055493 428 2.50 OK
Grumbles from the Grave
1989 Paper Fact Orbit 0708849601 336 4.99 OK
Edited by Virginia Heinlein