Series
Future History
Robert A. Heinlein · 8 novels · 4 novellas · 6 novelettes · 17 short stories · 7 collections · 1939–2020
The Future History is a series of science fiction stories written by American author Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988). It describes a projected future of the human race from the middle of the 20th century through the early 23rd century. The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Campbell published an early draft of Heinlein's chart of the series in the May 1941 issue.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- D. D. Harriman(3 works)
- Lazarus Long(10 works)
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Future History at the centre, 2 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1930s2
- 1940s18
- 1950s6
- 1960s3
- 1970s5
- 1980s4
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s3
- 2020s1
Shape
8 novels · 4 novellas · 6 novelettes · 17 short stories · 7 collections
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspacenear futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 44% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book36 of 42 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- "If This Goes on—"darkest
- The Number of the Beastbrightest
- "It's Great to Be Back!"calmest
- Revolt in 2100most intense