The Menace from Earth (collection)

The Menace from Earth (collection)

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name = The Menace From Earth
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image_caption = First Edition cover
author = Robert A. Heinlein
illustrator =
cover_artist = W.I. van der Poel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short stories
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1959
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 191 pp
isbn = NA
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followed_by =

"The Menace From Earth" is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert A. Heinlein. Published by The Gnome Press in (1959) in an edition of 5,000 copies.

Contents

* "The Year of the Jackpot" 1952
* "By His Bootstraps" 1941
* "Columbus Was a Dope" 1947
* "The Menace from Earth" 1957
* "Sky Lift" 1953
* "Goldfish Bowl" 1942
* "Project Nightmare" 1953
* "Water Is for Washing" 1947

Release details

*New York: Signet, (1962)
*New York: Signet, (1970)
*New York: Roc, (1970 ISBN 0-451-02105-3)
*New York: Roc, (1979 ISBN 0-451-08768-2)
*New York: Baen, (1987 ISBN 0-671-65640-6)
*New York: Baen, (1999 ISBN 0-671-57802-2)

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=308 | date=1998
*cite web
title = The Fiction of Robert A. Heinlein
url = http://www.storypilot.com/sf/heinlein.html
accessdate = 2007-03-08


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