The Robert Heinlein Omnibus
| First published | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Omnibus |
| Catalog ID | 33 |
| Cover art | C. W. Bacon |
| Pages | 256+224 |
| Price | 5/6 |
An omnibus of two short story collections: The Man Who Sold the Moon and The Green Hills of Earth.
- "This Science Fiction Book Club edition was produced in 1958 for sale to its members only" on copyright page. [Currey]
- Price from Tuck
- Artist from SFBC UK site
- It's currently unknown whether the author is credited as "Robert Heinlein" or "Robert A. Heinlein" on title pages. The main title page, a photo of which can be found on Ebay, only says "The Robert Heinlein Omnibus".
- Contento1 originally listed only 4 stories from the 1950 collection "The Man Who Sold the Moon", specifically the 4 stories published in Signet's 1951 abridged reprint. It has been confirmed that this omnibus edition contains all 6 stories from the 1950 edition.
- It's currently unknown whether {{A|John W. Campbell, Jr.}}'s "Introduction" from the 1950 edition appears in this omnibus.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| |1.1 | Preface (The Man Who Sold the Moon) | Robert A. Heinlein | Essay |
| |1.2 | Life-Line | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |1.3 | Let There Be Light | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |1.4 | The Roads Must Roll | Robert A. Heinlein | Novelette |
| |1.5 | Blowups Happen | Robert A. Heinlein | Novelette |
| |1.6 | The Man Who Sold the Moon | Robert A. Heinlein | Novella |
| |1.7 | Requiem | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.1 | "It's Great to Be Back!" | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.10 | Space Jockey | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.2 | The Green Hills of Earth | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.3 | Logic of Empire | Robert A. Heinlein | Novella |
| |2.4 | We Also Walk Dogs | Robert A. Heinlein | Novelette |
| |2.5 | The Black Pits of Luna | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.6 | Delilah and the Space-Rigger | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.7 | Gentlemen, Be Seated! | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.8 | The Long Watch | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| |2.9 | Ordeal in Space | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |