{"id":1291,"date":"2013-01-21T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2019-11-10T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T17:21:32","slug":"heinlein-timeline-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/heinlein-timeline-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinlein Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On January 7, 2013&nbsp; I posted a Heinlein timeline on the Heinlein Facebook page for a reader who asked for assistance in determining the order of Robert&#8217;s books.&nbsp; The post drew a lot of looks, many more than I expected,&nbsp; so I decided to create an improved timeline which of course wouldn&#8217;t fit in Facebook.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I&#8217;m posting it here and linking it to Facebook.&nbsp; Please comment on Facebook if you have questions or disagree with my post.&nbsp; Cheers..<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Born Butler, MO.&nbsp; July 7, 1907<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Winter 1907 his family moved to Kansas City, MO.<\/li>\n<li>Robert attended Kansas City schools and graduated High School in 1924<\/li>\n<li>He was appointed to Annapolis in 1925<\/li>\n<li>Robert graduated Annapolis in&nbsp; 1929 with a 4 year average of 20th in class.<\/li>\n<li>Went on active duty aboard the Lexington in 1929<\/li>\n<li>Married Elinor Lea Curry June 21, 1929<\/li>\n<li>Divorced Elinor Curry Oct. 1930<\/li>\n<li>Earliest known writings\n<ul>\n<li>Atlantis&nbsp;before 1929<\/li>\n<li>The Last Adventure&nbsp;before 1929<\/li>\n<li>Weekend Watch&nbsp; 1930<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Married Leslyn MacDonald on March 28, 1932<\/li>\n<li>Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade. 1932<\/li>\n<li>Underwent tuberculosis treatment. 1933<\/li>\n<li>Discharged from Navy at age 27 for medical reasons. 1934<\/li>\n<li>Tried several professions most notably worked in EPIC campaign<\/li>\n<li>Purchased Lookout Mountain house. 1935<\/li>\n<li>Begins SF writing 1938<\/li>\n<li>Wrote For Us, The Living&nbsp; ~ 1938 &#8211; 1939<\/li>\n<li>Ran for California Assembly seat.&nbsp; 1938<\/li>\n<li>Wrote&nbsp; Life-Line&nbsp; -August 1939<\/li>\n<li>Wrote&nbsp; Misfit&nbsp; -Nov. 1939<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or Published in 1940\n<ul>\n<li>Requiem&nbsp; -Jan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If This Goes On&nbsp; -Feb.<\/li>\n<li>Let There Be Light&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>The Roads Must Roll&nbsp; -June<\/li>\n<li>Coventry&nbsp; -July<\/li>\n<li>Successful Operation&nbsp; -Summer<\/li>\n<li>Blowups Happen&nbsp; -Sept.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Magic, Inc.&nbsp; -Sept<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Payed off house on Lookout Mountain with proceeds from writing. 1940<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or Published 1941.\n<ul>\n<li>Sixth Column&nbsp; -Jan.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;And He Built A Crooked House&#8211; -Feb.<\/li>\n<li>Logic of Empire&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Doubt&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>They&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>Universe&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>Solution Unsatisfactory&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>Methuselah&#8217;s Children&nbsp; -July<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;We Also Walk Dogs&nbsp; -July<\/li>\n<li>Elsewhen&nbsp; -Sept.<\/li>\n<li>By His Bootstraps<\/li>\n<li>How to Write a Story<\/li>\n<li>Common Sense&nbsp; -Oct.<\/li>\n<li>Lost Legacy&nbsp; -Nov.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Added a studio to Lookout Mountain house. 1941<\/li>\n<li>Delivered&nbsp; GOH speech at 1941 Denver Worldcon.<\/li>\n<li>Tried to return to active duty. 1941<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or Published in. 1942\n<ul>\n<li>My Object All Sublime&nbsp; -Feb.<\/li>\n<li>Goldfish Bowl&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<li>Pied Piper&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond This Horizon&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>Waldo&nbsp; -Aug.<\/li>\n<li>The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag&nbsp; -Oct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rented out Lookout Mountain home. 1942<\/li>\n<li>Took a civilian position at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Phila. 1942<\/li>\n<li>Considered joining the Merchant Marines.&nbsp; 1943<\/li>\n<li>Realized he is unfit for combat. 1944<\/li>\n<li>Wrote Testing in Connection With the Development of Strong Plastics for Aircraft.&nbsp; 1944<\/li>\n<li>Resigned from NAES and drove back to L.A.&nbsp; 1945<\/li>\n<li>Thought seriously about going back to writing.&nbsp; 1945<\/li>\n<li>Renter wouldn&#8217;t leave home.&nbsp; Had to stay in hotel.&nbsp; 1945<\/li>\n<li>Considered work at NAF a boondoggle.&nbsp; 1946<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or Published.&nbsp; 1946\n<ul>\n<li>How to Be A Survivor&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>How to Be a Politician&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>A Bathroom of Her Own<\/li>\n<li>Larger Than Life<\/li>\n<li>The Last Days of the United States<\/li>\n<li>Pie from the Sky<\/li>\n<li>America&#8217;s Maginot Line<\/li>\n<li>Dance Session<\/li>\n<li>Journey of Death<\/li>\n<li>Why Buy a Stone Ax?<\/li>\n<li>The Witches Daughters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ginny came as house guest.&nbsp; 1946<\/li>\n<li>Reacting to Leslyn&#8217;s problem Robert banned alcohol from house.&nbsp; 1946<\/li>\n<li>Filed for divorce. 1947<\/li>\n<li>Gave Lookout Mountain House to Leslyn and left.&nbsp; 1947<\/li>\n<li>Robert built trailer to live in.&nbsp; Ginny joined him.&nbsp; 1947<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1947\n<ul>\n<li>Free Men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On the Slopes of Vesuvius<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight into the Future&nbsp; -Aug.<\/li>\n<li>On the Writing of Speculative Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Rocket Ship Galileo<\/li>\n<li>The Green Hills of Earth&nbsp; -Feb.<\/li>\n<li>Space Jockey&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>Columbus Was a Dope&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>They Do It with Mirrors&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s&nbsp; Great to Be Back!&nbsp; -July<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Was a Man&nbsp; -Oct.<\/li>\n<li>Water Is for Washing&nbsp; -Nov.<\/li>\n<li>Back of the Moon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Married Ginny in New Mexico.&nbsp; Oct. 21, 1948<\/li>\n<li>Built House in Colorado Springs.&nbsp; 1948<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published. &nbsp; 1948\n<ul>\n<li>Beyond This Horizon (book)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Space Cadet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Destination Moon screenplay<\/li>\n<li>The Black Pits of Luna&nbsp; -Jan.<\/li>\n<li>Gentlemen, Be Seated&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>Ordeal in Space&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>The Billion Dollar Eye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1949\n<ul>\n<li>Poor Daddy<\/li>\n<li>Red Planet<\/li>\n<li>Sixth Column (book form)<\/li>\n<li>Our Fair City -Jan.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<li>Gulf&nbsp; -Nov.<\/li>\n<li>Destination Moon filming&nbsp; -Nov.<\/li>\n<li>Delilah and the Space-Rigger&nbsp; -Dec.<\/li>\n<li>The Long Watch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Wrote or published. 1950\n<ul>\n<li>Farmer in the Sky<\/li>\n<li>The Man Who Sold the Moon<\/li>\n<li>Shooting Destination Moon&nbsp; -July<\/li>\n<li>Cliff and the Calories&nbsp; Aug.<\/li>\n<li>Destination Moon (novella)&nbsp; -Sept.<\/li>\n<li>Waldo and Magic, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>The Historical Novel of the Future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1951\n<ul>\n<li>Between Planets<\/li>\n<li>The Puppet Masters<\/li>\n<li>The Bulletin Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1952\n<ul>\n<li>The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<li>Where To?&nbsp; -Feb.<\/li>\n<li>The Year of the Jackpot&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<li>Ray Guns and Rocket Ships&nbsp; -Nov.<\/li>\n<li>This I Believe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1953\n<ul>\n<li>Starman Jones<\/li>\n<li>Sky Lift&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<li>Project Nightmare&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>Assignment In Eternity<\/li>\n<li>Revolt in 2100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1954\n<ul>\n<li>The Star Beast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tramp Royal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1955\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnel in the Sky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1956\n<ul>\n<li>Double Star<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Time for the Stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Third Millennium Opens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1957\n<ul>\n<li>Citizen of the Galaxy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The door into Summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Science Fiction: It&#8217;s Nature, Faults &amp; Virtues<\/li>\n<li>The Menace from Earth&nbsp; -Aug.<\/li>\n<li>The man Who Traveled in Elephants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1958\n<ul>\n<li>Have Space Suit &#8212; Will Travel<\/li>\n<li>Methuselah&#8217;s Children (book)<\/li>\n<li>Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?<\/li>\n<li>Tenderfoot in Space&nbsp; -May<\/li>\n<li>Robert Heinlein Omnibus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1959\n<ul>\n<li>Starship Troopers<\/li>\n<li>All You Zombies&#8211;&nbsp; -Mar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1960\n<ul>\n<li>Inside Intourist<\/li>\n<li>Pravda Means Truth&nbsp; -Oct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1961\n<ul>\n<li>Stranger in a Strange Land<\/li>\n<li>GOH at Worldcon in Seattle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1962\n<ul>\n<li>Searchlight&nbsp; Aug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Het Spectrum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1963\n<ul>\n<li>Glory Road<\/li>\n<li>Orphans in the Sky<\/li>\n<li>Podkayne of Mars<\/li>\n<li>All Aboard the Gemini<\/li>\n<li>If You Don&#8217;t See It, just Ask<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1965\n<ul>\n<li>Farnham&#8217;s Freehold<\/li>\n<li>Three by Heinlein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1966\n<ul>\n<li>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/li>\n<li>The Worlds of Robert A Heinlein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Moved to Bonny Doon Santa Cruz, CA.&nbsp; 1966<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1967\n<ul>\n<li>The Past Through Tomorrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rio de Janeiro Movie-Festival GOH Speech.&nbsp; 1969<\/li>\n<li>Robert had a severe attack of peritonitis.&nbsp; 1970<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1970\n<ul>\n<li>I Will Fear No Evil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1973\n<ul>\n<li>Time Enough for Love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Channel Markers&nbsp; -Apr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Notebooks of Lazarus Long<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Best of Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Mote in God&#8217;s Eye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1975\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Dirak, Antimatter and You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1976\n<ul>\n<li>Are You a Rare Blood?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>GOH MidAmeriCon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Robert suffered stroke.&nbsp; 1977<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1979\n<ul>\n<li>The Number of the Beast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinoff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Larger Than Life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Future Histories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1980\n<ul>\n<li>Expanded Universe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Happy Days Ahead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1984\n<ul>\n<li>Job: A Comedy of Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1985\n<ul>\n<li>The Cat Who Walks Through Walls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>To Sail Beyond the Sunset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Preface to Sturgeon&#8217;s Godbody<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Robert A Heinlein died.&nbsp; May 8, 1988<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Heinlein accepted NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for Robert.&nbsp; Oct. 1988<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published.&nbsp; 1990\n<ul>\n<li>Grumbles From the Grave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrote or published&nbsp; 1992\n<ul>\n<li>Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Master<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Robert A Heinlein A Reader&#8217;s Companion&nbsp; by James Gifford.&nbsp; 2000<\/li>\n<li>For Us, The Living is found and published.&nbsp; 2004<\/li>\n<li>Variable Star written by Spider Robinson based on Robert Heinlein&#8217;s notes.&nbsp; 2005<\/li>\n<li>Centennial Souvenir Book 2007<\/li>\n<li>Robert A Heinlein In Dialog With His Century Vol&nbsp; 1 written by William Patterson.&nbsp; 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 7, 2013&nbsp; I posted a Heinlein timeline on the Heinlein Facebook page for a reader who asked for assistance in determining the order of Robert&#8217;s books.&nbsp; The post drew a lot of looks, many more than I expected,&nbsp; so I decided to create an improved timeline which of course wouldn&#8217;t fit in Facebook.&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/heinlein-timeline-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,31,3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-raharticles","category-frontpage","category-heinlein","category-rah"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6138,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/6138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}