Work
Space Jockey
Robert A. Heinlein as Robert Hajnlajn · 1947short story
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- Placethe moon
- Tonereflective
A space pilot works flights whenever he can, hoping for a permanent route. After a conflict with his worried wife, he composes and discards various letters to her while on his breaks during a flight. Things come to a head when a VIP's spoiled child is allowed into the control room.
Source · ISFDB CC BY 4.0
Placement
- Future History
- contained in A Robert Heinlein Omnibusomnibus
- contained in The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume Icollection
- contained in The Green Hills of Earthcollection
- contained in The Green Hills of Earth / The Menace from Earthomnibus
- contained in The Past Through Tomorrowcollection