Short stories?

[Connavar]

Which ones would say are his best ones?


I wonder cause while i try to find some of his books and collections that arent easy to get. I wanted to buy a short story collection.

[chrispenycate]

The roads must roll
The man who travelled in elephants
All you zombies
Timeline
The man who sold the moon
Requiem

There are masses of others, but those leapt directly to my mind.

[HardScienceFan]

How about Waldo,
Blow ups Happen
Gulf
Goldfish Bowl
the Year of the Jackpot

[j. d. worthington]

Chris, I've a question: "Timeline"? Are you referring to the story I know as "Life-Line", the one with Hugo Pinero? Or is there a different story with the "Timeline" title I'm not aware of?

At any rate, I'd put "Life-Line" in there, even though it was his first published story... that final line ties it all together so beautifully, and says so many things about the ambiguity of what went before.

I'd agree with the suggestions above, but I think I'd also add:

"The Long Watch"
"Solution Unsatisfactory"
"Logic of Empire"
"'If This Goes On--'" (which hits a little close to home at times)

[HardScienceFan]

heck yeah if this goes on
What ,theocracies?can't happen?

[chrispenycate]

Oops, sorry, life-line, mea culpa.
Possibly misfit; as a mathematics natural I remember that one resonating.
But I don't know what they're collected in; I read them in astoundings, analogs, the best whatever of the year. (Oh, all right, I've got "the past through tomorrow volume 2" for some of the future history ones.
What was his psi/witches short?

[j. d. worthington]

Well, there was "Waldo", which dealt with something similar; but I would imagine you're talking about "Magic, Inc."... no?

Magic, Inc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

[cape_royds]

"Year of the Jackpot" is one of my favourites.

"By His Bootstraps" is also good.

Other comments:

In the Future History, Heinlein's prediction of a hard-right religious reaction in America is one of his telling social insights.

In Glory Road, Heinlein also predicted that the Baby Boomers would transform from bohemian rebels into comfortable conformists.

[MG1962]

To be fair to Heinlein - I dont think I have ever read a bad story from him - so in short, any collection should bring real satisfaction

[Urlik]

the Unpleasant Proffession of Johnathon Hoag has always been one of my favourite short stories

[Connavar]

Nice to see my old thread revived with new recommendations.

Next RAH book haul i will get a collection with a couple of these stories.