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The man who sold the moon

The man who sold the moon

Hard Sci-FiScience Fiction
Pages
159
Published
1951
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1949, Robert A. Heinlein envisioned a future where space exploration wasn't left to governments. This story follows D.D. Harriman, a visionary entrepreneur who poured his reputation and fortune into making manned space flight a reality. Decades later, the story's themes resonate as a modern entrepreneur looks beyond the moon to Mars, arguing that private enterprise is key to humanity's future in space.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingInspiringReflectiveIntellectual

Genres

Hard Sci-Fi Science Fiction Space Opera Classics

About the author

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer, born in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929 and served in the Navy until 1934, afterwards studying mathematics and physics briefly at UCLA. He sold his first story, "Life-Line", to Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and became one of that magazine's leading contributors. In the late 1940s he was among the first science fiction authors to place work in general-interest magazines such...

Characters

D. D. HarrimanProtagonist
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Frequently asked questions

  • How does this book fit into the Future History series?

    This collection serves as the chronological starting point for the Future History series, containing the earliest narratives in the timeline. While the stories are united by this shared framework, they are largely independent and feature different characters across various decades.

  • Are the stories in this collection presented in a specific order?

    The stories are not arranged in a strictly logical sequence, neither by their original publication dates nor by their internal chronological order within the series. However, the book includes a chart created by the author that outlines the intended chronological progression of the Future History timeline.

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