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The Robert Heinlein Omnibus

Robert Heinlein

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.