68:
imaginations bears only the faintest of resemblances to the actuality, which includes things unheard of in Luna, like smog, unpleasant weather, the common cold, and repairmen who refuse to make house calls. Ultimately, they discover that all they really want is to go back to Luna City, where they are welcomed with open arms by their peers (now that they have realized that the Moon is "home" after all) and settle down to be happy "Lunatics".
522:
67:
for some time, spend much of their time volubly regretting having ever left Earth. When this attitude results in social conflict with "Loonies" who love their home, the couple feels isolated, misunderstood, and put-upon. They decide to return to "dirt-side", only to discover that the Earth of their
595:
138:
146:
45:
566:
585:
600:
264:
108:
81:
464:
559:
605:
491:
221:
213:
382:
439:
552:
499:
291:
197:
101:
590:
237:
347:
284:
229:
170:
122:
51:
39:
361:
189:
94:
340:
395:
326:
34:
375:
319:
305:
469:
402:
205:
270:
416:
409:
162:
117:
30:
86:
63:
A physical chemist and his wife (the MacRaes), who have been in residence in Luna City on the
447:
536:
529:
368:
354:
23:
312:
277:
154:
579:
457:
452:
521:
433:
298:
532:
474:
77:
26:
258:
64:
90:
596:
Works originally published in The
Saturday Evening Post
540:
483:
426:
248:
181:
130:
43:in the July 26, 1947 issue and later reprinted in
560:
102:
8:
567:
553:
109:
95:
87:
535:(or stories) published in the 1940s is a
82:Internet Speculative Fiction Database
7:
518:
516:
586:Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein
37:stories, it was first published in
539:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
601:Science fiction short story stubs
16:Short story by Robert A. Heinlein
520:
492:The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein
222:The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
1:
440:The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
292:Delilah and the Space Rigger
198:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
78:"It's Great to Be Back!"
622:
515:
238:The Pursuit of the Pankera
285:The Man Who Sold the Moon
230:To Sail Beyond the Sunset
171:The Past Through Tomorrow
139:The Man Who Sold the Moon
52:The Past Through Tomorrow
40:The Saturday Evening Post
362:The Green Hills of Earth
147:The Green Hills of Earth
46:The Green Hills of Earth
20:"It's Great to Be Back!"
606:1940s short story stubs
214:The Number of the Beast
334:It's Great to Be Back!
327:The Black Pits of Luna
528:This article about a
376:The Menace from Earth
320:Gentlemen, Be Seated!
190:Methuselah's Children
80:title listing at the
470:Andrew Jackson Libby
265:"Let There Be Light"
206:Time Enough for Love
271:The Roads Must Roll
29:by American writer
591:1947 short stories
341:—We Also Walk Dogs
163:Orphans of the Sky
118:Robert A. Heinlein
49:(and subsequently
31:Robert A. Heinlein
548:
547:
510:
509:
500:Expanded Universe
448:Delos D. Harriman
613:
569:
562:
555:
524:
517:
389:
386:If This Goes On—
385:
111:
104:
97:
88:
621:
620:
616:
615:
614:
612:
611:
610:
576:
575:
574:
573:
530:science fiction
513:
511:
506:
479:
465:Maureen Johnson
422:
387:
383:
369:Logic of Empire
355:Ordeal in Space
250:
244:
177:
126:
115:
74:
61:
24:science fiction
17:
12:
11:
5:
619:
617:
609:
608:
603:
598:
593:
588:
578:
577:
572:
571:
564:
557:
549:
546:
545:
525:
508:
507:
505:
504:
496:
487:
485:
481:
480:
478:
477:
472:
467:
462:
461:
460:
450:
445:
444:
443:
430:
428:
424:
423:
421:
420:
413:
406:
399:
392:
379:
372:
365:
358:
351:
344:
337:
330:
323:
316:
313:The Long Watch
309:
302:
295:
288:
281:
278:Blowups Happen
274:
267:
262:
254:
252:
246:
245:
243:
242:
234:
226:
218:
210:
202:
194:
185:
183:
179:
178:
176:
175:
167:
159:
155:Revolt in 2100
151:
143:
134:
132:
128:
127:
123:Future History
116:
114:
113:
106:
99:
91:
85:
84:
73:
72:External links
70:
60:
57:
35:Future History
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
618:
607:
604:
602:
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
583:
581:
570:
565:
563:
558:
556:
551:
550:
544:
542:
538:
534:
531:
526:
523:
519:
514:
502:
501:
497:
494:
493:
489:
488:
486:
482:
476:
473:
471:
468:
466:
463:
459:
458:Competent man
456:
455:
454:
453:Jubal Harshaw
451:
449:
446:
442:
441:
437:
436:
435:
432:
431:
429:
425:
418:
414:
411:
407:
404:
400:
397:
393:
390:
380:
377:
373:
370:
366:
363:
359:
356:
352:
349:
345:
342:
338:
335:
331:
328:
324:
321:
317:
314:
310:
307:
303:
300:
296:
293:
289:
286:
282:
279:
275:
272:
268:
266:
263:
260:
256:
255:
253:
247:
240:
239:
235:
232:
231:
227:
224:
223:
219:
216:
215:
211:
208:
207:
203:
200:
199:
195:
192:
191:
187:
186:
184:
180:
173:
172:
168:
165:
164:
160:
157:
156:
152:
149:
148:
144:
141:
140:
136:
135:
133:
129:
125:
124:
119:
112:
107:
105:
100:
98:
93:
92:
89:
83:
79:
76:
75:
71:
69:
66:
58:
56:
54:
53:
48:
47:
42:
41:
36:
33:. One of his
32:
28:
25:
21:
541:expanding it
527:
512:
498:
490:
438:
434:Lazarus Long
417:Common Sense
333:
299:Space Jockey
236:
228:
220:
212:
204:
196:
188:
169:
161:
153:
145:
137:
121:
62:
59:Plot summary
50:
44:
38:
19:
18:
533:short story
475:Hazel Stone
348:Searchlight
131:Collections
27:short story
580:Categories
427:Characters
259:Life-Line
410:Universe
396:Coventry
484:Related
306:Requiem
251:stories
503:(1980)
495:(1966)
403:Misfit
249:Short
241:(2020)
233:(1987)
225:(1985)
217:(1980)
209:(1973)
201:(1966)
193:(1958)
182:Novels
174:(1967)
166:(1963)
158:(1953)
150:(1951)
142:(1950)
388:'
384:'
22:is a
537:stub
65:Moon
120:'s
55:).
582::
568:e
561:t
554:v
543:.
419:"
415:"
412:"
408:"
405:"
401:"
398:"
394:"
391:"
381:"
378:"
374:"
371:"
367:"
364:"
360:"
357:"
353:"
350:"
346:"
343:"
339:"
336:"
332:"
329:"
325:"
322:"
318:"
315:"
311:"
308:"
304:"
301:"
297:"
294:"
290:"
287:"
283:"
280:"
276:"
273:"
269:"
261:"
257:"
110:e
103:t
96:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.