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The Man Who Traveled in Elephants

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86:. It becomes clear that these travels were not seriously intended to sell elephants, but were rather a way to continue the life the two had previously enjoyed. On their travels the two of them were accompanied by a collection of imaginary animals. 200: 195: 39: 68:
said that the story "...is a mistake, a sloppy, sentimental fantasy that I suspect was written at the very beginning of Heinlein's career and then went without a buyer until 1957".
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Though this story was not typical of the subject matter of most of Heinlein's writing, it was Heinlein's favorite. It has had a mixed reception compared to his other works.
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The protagonist is a widower who once was a traveling salesman working with his wife. The two of them continued to travel after
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The story is usually described as a fantasy. Even though the tone of the story is realistic it could be considered
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selected it as one of his life-time favorite stories, and included it in his anthology
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New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988 — Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue
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The story can be viewed as an early manifestation of Heinlein's
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Works originally published in science fiction magazines
37:. It later appeared in two Heinlein anthologies, 75:, which featured prominently in his last novels. 196:Works originally published in American magazines 166:SFFaudio.com Review of the audio drama version 8: 40:The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag 116: 82:, scouting territory in order to sell 23:" is a short story written in 1948 by 16:1948 short story by Robert A. Heinlein 7: 186:Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein 104:The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein 50:The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein 14: 21:The Man Who Traveled in Elephants 161:Review by Robert Wilfred Franson 31:" in the October 1957 issue of 27:. It was first published as " 1: 171:Brief review by Mark L. Olson 62:Best of All Possible Worlds 217: 132:editorial note p. 256. 144:Heinlein in Dimension 29:The Elephant Circuit 191:1948 short stories 25:Robert A. Heinlein 208: 148: 139: 133: 121: 216: 215: 211: 210: 209: 207: 206: 205: 176: 175: 157: 152: 151: 141:a chapter from 140: 136: 122: 118: 113: 99: 64:on that basis. 58:Spider Robinson 34:Saturn Magazine 17: 12: 11: 5: 214: 212: 204: 203: 198: 193: 188: 178: 177: 174: 173: 168: 163: 156: 155:External links 153: 150: 149: 134: 115: 114: 112: 109: 108: 107: 98: 95: 66:Alexei Panshin 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 213: 202: 199: 197: 194: 192: 189: 187: 184: 183: 181: 172: 169: 167: 164: 162: 159: 158: 154: 146: 145: 138: 135: 131: 127: 126: 120: 117: 110: 106: 105: 101: 100: 96: 94: 92: 91:magic realism 87: 85: 81: 76: 74: 73:World as Myth 69: 67: 63: 59: 54: 52: 51: 46: 43:(also titled 42: 41: 36: 35: 30: 26: 22: 143: 137: 123: 119: 102: 88: 77: 70: 61: 55: 48: 47:; 1959) and 44: 38: 32: 28: 20: 18: 147:by Panshin. 180:Categories 111:References 80:retirement 84:elephants 130:Jim Baen 97:See also 53:(1999). 45:6xH 182:: 128:, 93:. 19:"

Index

Robert A. Heinlein
Saturn Magazine
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
Spider Robinson
Alexei Panshin
World as Myth
retirement
elephants
magic realism
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988 — Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue
Jim Baen
Heinlein in Dimension
Review by Robert Wilfred Franson
SFFaudio.com Review of the audio drama version
Brief review by Mark L. Olson
Categories
Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein
1948 short stories
Works originally published in American magazines
Works originally published in science fiction magazines

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