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Requiem

Robert A. Heinlein

First published January 1940
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Future History › D. D. Harriman

Synopsis

Told through flashbacks, newspaper clippings, and court hearings. D. D. Harriman's life is one filled with one obsession: getting to the moon. Now a very old man, Harriman may have finally found a way.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2002 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2003 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winner
2016 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up

Publications (79)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1940 Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 80
1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 3
August 1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 3
February 1950 The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon! Shasta Collection 268
March 1951 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet Collection 151
1953 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology
April 1954 Selections from Adventures in Time and Space Pennant Books Anthology 1
1955 The Man Who Sold the Moon Pan Books Collection 232
1955 The Man Who Sold the Moon Shasta Collection 268
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Modern Library Anthology 3
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 3
July 1958 The Robert Heinlein Omnibus The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Omnibus |1.7
April 1959 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet Collection 144
1963 The Man Who Sold the Moon Pan Books Collection 222
October 1963 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library Collection 144
October 1963 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 144
1966 A Robert Heinlein Omnibus Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
1966 Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 128
January 1966 Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 1
January 1966 Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 1
1967 Science Fiction Longmans Anthology 14
March 1967 The Past Through Tomorrow Putnam Collection 197
March 1967 The Past Through Tomorrow Longmans (Canada) Collection
April 1967 The Past Through Tomorrow G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Collection 197
1968 Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1969 Masters' Choice 1 Tandem Anthology 128
1970 Science Fiction Longman Anthology 14
July 1970 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library Collection 144
January 1971 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 112
1975 Science Fiction Longman Anthology 14
January 1975 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Medallion Collection 245
January 1975 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Medallion Collection 245
February 1975 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Medallion Collection 245
April 1975 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Medallion Collection 245
August 1975 Adventures in Time and Space Ballantine Books Anthology 3
December 1977 The Past Through Tomorrow: Book One New English Library Collection 247
March 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 3
November 1978 The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 New English Library Collection 247
December 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 3
1979 Science Fiction Longman Anthology 14
February 1979 From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library Anthology 512
February 1979 From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library of Canada Anthology 512
April 1979 The Man Who Sold the Moon New English Library Collection 222
June 1979 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library Collection 171
June 1979 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 171
December 1979 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 3
1980 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library Collection 171
September 1980 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Books Collection 245
March 1981 The Man Who Sold the Moon New English Library Collection 222
July 1981 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Books Collection 245
1982 The Man Who Sold the Moon Signet / New American Library Collection 171
1982 Analog: Readers' Choice Davis Publications Anthology 50
January 1982 The Analog Anthology #2 Davis Publications Anthology 50
March 1982 Analog: Readers' Choice The Dial Press Anthology 50
May 1982 The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 New English Library Collection 247
July 1983 The Man Who Sold the Moon New English Library Collection 222
August 1983 The Past Through Tomorrow Berkley Books Collection 245
March 1987 The Man Who Sold the Moon Baen Books Collection 189
March 1987 The Man Who Sold the Moon Baen Books Collection 189
July 1987 The Past Through Tomorrow Ace Books Collection 245
September 1987 The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 New English Library Collection 247
May 1988 The Past Through Tomorrow Ace Books Collection 245
1989 The Man Who Sold the Moon New English Library Collection 222
August 1990 Adventures in Time and Space Random House / SFBC Anthology 3
February 1992 Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master Tor Collection 9
June 1993 Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master Tor Collection 9
August 1994 Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master Tor Collection 11
March 2000 The Man Who Sold the Moon Baen Books Collection 189
June 2000 The Past Through Tomorrow Science Fiction Book Club Collection 225
November 2001 Adventures in Time and Space Science Fiction Book Club Anthology
October 2002 From Wells to Heinlein Scarecrow Press Anthology 484
February 2010 The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume I The Virginia Edition Collection 285
February 2012 Requiem The Virginia Edition Collection 11
September 2013 The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky Baen Books Omnibus |10
September 2013 The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky Baen Books Omnibus
December 2013 The Man Who Sold the Moon Brilliance Audio Collection |189
February 2014 The Past Through Tomorrow Gollancz / Orion Collection 205
March 2014 The Past Through Tomorrow Gateway / Orion Collection |205
November 2014 The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky Baen Books Omnibus