ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907 – 1988) was an American Science Fiction author. He won an unprecedented five Hugo awards for his many excellent novels and was named a Grand Master by the SFWA. Heinlein wrote short stories prior to WWII, entered the United States Navy and was discharged due to poor health. After WWII he began writing a series of popular novels affectionally known as “juveniles” – which tended to star young men or teens. Later, in the late 1950s and early 1960s he began a middle period, in which his protagonists confronted more societal based issues. In his lat career, the 1970s and 1980s he wrote novels about older, wiser, more opinionated men. But there were many exceptions. If you haven’t read Heinlein, you haven’t really read Science Fiction. The bulk of his impressive fiction is available as audiobooks, often in multiple versions.
Commercial Releases:
Starman Jones
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Paul Michael Garcia
7 CDs – 8.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781433230387
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Rocket Ship Galileo
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Spider Robinson
5 CDs, 4 Cassettes or 1 MP3-CD – 5.5 hrs [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2007
ISBN: 9780786162765 (CDs), 9780786147892 (cassettes), 9780786172092(MP3-CD)
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Wilson
11 Cassettes – 16 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 1999
ISBN: 078876330X, 0788729403
Twenty-four hours after their dinner date, Dr. Richard Ames and Gwen Novak have witnessed a murder, wed, been evicted, been charged with murder, and had to run for their lives. Luckily, neither Ames’ prosthetic foot, nor the maple bonsai Gwen insists on saving slows them down as they make their escape from a planned community turned sour.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Robert Vaughn
2 Cassettes – [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
Published: 198?
ISBN: ??????????
Citizen Of The Galaxy
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
7 Cassettes, 8 CDs or 1 MP3-CD – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 200?
ISBN: 0786127449 (retail cassette), 0786128321 (library cassette), 0786184795 (retail cd), 0786183810 (library cd), 0786184639 (mp3-cd)
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Double Star
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
5 Cassettes, 6 CDs or 1 MP3-CD – 7.5 Hours
[UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 1999
ISBN: 0786117451 (cassette), 0786199024 (cd), 0786195037 (mp3-cd)
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Farmer In The Sky
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Scott Brick
5 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Books On Tape
Published: 2001
ISBN: 0736689354
BOT Number: 6031
Friday
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Robert McQuay
9 Cassettes or 1 MP3-CD – Approx. 13.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 1996
ISBN: 0786110546 (cassettes) 0786110848 (cassettes)
Friday is a secret courier. She is employed by a man known to her only as “Boss.” Operating from and over a near-future Earth, where chaos is the happy norm, she finds herself on assignment at Boss’s seemingly whimsical behest. From New Zealand to Canada, from one to another of the new states of America’s disunion, she keeps her balance nimbly with quick, expeditious solutions to one calamity and scrape after another.
Friday
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Hillary Huber
11 CDs – Approx. 14 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781433246502
Engineered from the finest genes and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns. North America has become Balkanized into dozens of independent states, sharing only a bizarrely vulgarized culture. Now, Friday finds herself on shuttlecock assignment at the seemingly whimsical behest of her secret employer, known to her only as “Boss”. Traveling from one to another of the new states of America’s disunion, she is confronted with a series of professional as well as personal crises that put her to the test.
Friday
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Samantha Eggar
2 Cassettes – [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Durkin Hayes
Published: 19??
ISBN: ??????????
Have Space Suit, Will Travel
By Robert A. Heinlein; Performed By A Full Cast
8 CDs – 8 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Published by Full Cast Audio
Published: 2003
ISBN: 1932076417
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Job: A Comedy of Justice
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by
2 Cassettes – [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 1986
ISBN: 06716255225
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
10 Cassettes, 12 CDs or 1 MP3-CD – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: ????
ISBN: 078611763X (Cassette), 0786198850 (CD) or 0786192216 (MP3-CD)
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Wilson
11 Cassettes – 15.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: ????
ISBN: 0788719874, 0788763318
The Puppet Masters
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
9 Cassettes, 9 CDs or 1 MP3-CD – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: ????
ISBN: 0786113308 (Cassette), 0786181494 (CD), 0786192704 (MP3-CD)
The Rolling Stones
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by a FULL CAST
8 CDs – 7 Hours 9 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Full Cast Audio
Published: 2005
ISBN: 1932076808
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Starship Troopers
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Wilson
7 Cassettes – 9.75 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: ????
ISBN: 0788763326, 0788720236
Starship Troopers
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
7 Cassettes, 9 CDs or 1 MP3-CD – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 1997
ISBN: 078611231X (cassette), 0-7861-9946-6 (cd), 0786195622 (mp3-cd)
Stranger In A Strange Land
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Christopher Hurt
12 Cassettes (Retail or Library), 13 CDs (Retail or Library) or 1 MP3-CD; [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: ????
ISBN: 0786109521 (library cassette), 0786122293 (retail cassette), 0786185945 (library cd), 0786188480 (retail cd), 078619356-5 (mp3-cd)
Stranger In A Strange Land
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Larry McKeever
19 Cassettes (In two parts) – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Books On Tape
Published: ????
ISBN: 0736637028 (pt. 1), 0736637036 (pt. 2)
Time Enough For Love
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by
19 Cassettes (in two parts) or 2 MP3CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: ????
ISBN: 0786118768 (cassettes pt. 1), 0786118946 (cassettes pt. 2), 0786189614 (mp3-cd)
“The Green Hills Of Earth
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by ????
[UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Waldentapes
Published: 19??
ISBN: ??????????
The Green Hills Of Earth
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Paul Shay
8 Cassettes – Approx 8 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Books On Tape
Published: 1988
ISBN: ??????????
BOT Number: 2196
This collection includes: “Delilah and the Space-Rigger”, “Space-Jockey”, “The Long Watch”, “Gentlemen Be Seated”, “The Black Pits of Luna”, “It’s Great to Be Back”, “We Also Walk Dogs”, “Ordeal In Space”, “The Green Hills of Earth” and “Logic of Empire”
The Green Hills Of Earth and Gentlemen, Be Seated
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Leonard Nimoy
1 Cassette or 1 LP – 45 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Caedmon
Published: 1979
Contains the two Heinlein short stories that comprise the title.
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The Menace From Earth
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Rob McQuay
5 Cassettes or 1 MP3-CD – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 1997
ISBN: 0786111585 (Cassette), 0786193204 (MP3-CD)
Includes eight short stories: “The Year Of The Jackpot”, “By His Bootstraps”, “Goldfish Bowl”, “Columbus Was A Dope”, “The Manace From Earth”, “Sky Lift”, “Project Nightmare” and “Water Is For Washing”
Science Fiction Soundbook
By Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein
Read By Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner
4 hours – 4 Cassettes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Caedmon
Published: 1977
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Radio Drama and Audio Drama:
“By His Bootstraps” – RADIO DRAMA
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: 2000X
Included in the FANTASTIC AUDIO release!
“Destination: Moon” – RADIO DRAMA
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: Dimension X
“The Green Hills of Earth” – RADIO DRAMAS
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: CBS Radio Workshop; Dimension X; X Minus One
“The Man Who Traveled In Elephants
Adapted by Brad Linaweaver from the short story by Robert A. Heinlein; Full Cast Production
1 CD – [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Atlanta Radio Theater Company
Published: 2001
ISBN: 0929483316
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“The Menace From Earth”
By Robert A. Heinlein; Performed By A Full Cast
1 CD – [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Atlanta Radio Theater Company
Published: 200?
ISBN: ??????????
“Requiem”– RADIO DRAMAS
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: Beyond Tomorrow; Dimension X; X Minus One
“The Roads Must Roll” – RADIO DRAMAS
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: Dimension X; X Minus One
“Solution Unsatisfactory”
Adapted by Daniel Taylor from the short story by Robert A. Heinlein; Full Cast Production
1 CD – 68 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: Atlanta Radio Theater Company
Published: 2003
ISBN: 0929483316
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“Universe” – RADIO DRAMA
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Broadcaster: ??????
Broadcast:: 19??
“Universe” – RADIO DRAMAS
By Robert A. Heinlein; FULL CAST
Show: Dimension X; X Minus One
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Assignment In Eternity
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Chuck Benson
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 34812
Comprised of four shorter works:
“Gulf”, “Elsewhen”, “Lost Legacy” and “Jerry Was a Man”
The Fantasies Of Robert A. Heinlein
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Michael Scherer
3 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 51609
Includes the following stories:
“Magic, Inc.”, “And He Built a Crooked House” “They”, “Waldo”, “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag”, “Our Fair City,” “The Man Who Traveled in Elephants”, and
“All You Zombies”
Beyond This Horizon
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by James DeLotel
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 16636
The Cat Who Walks through Walls
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Bob Askey
3 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 23002
Citizen Of The Galaxy
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Gary Tipton
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 32478
The Door Into Summer
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by David Palmer
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 16382
Farnham’s Freehold
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Fred Major
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 51448
Friday
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 20597
Glory Road
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Backman
2 Cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 17121
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 25524
The Number of the Beast
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Guidall-Shapiro
3 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 16623
The Puppet Masters
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by James DeLotel
2 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 16557
Revolt in 2100
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Peter Johnson
2 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 21714
The Rolling Stones
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Nita Elliott
3 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 7937
Star Beast
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Mark Heckler
2 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 11949
Starman Jones
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by ????
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
Starship Troopers
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Christopher Hurt
2 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 17818
Stranger In A Strange Land
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Joel Crothers
4 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 12651
Time For The Stars
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by George Backman
1 Cassette – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 14186
To Sail Beyond the Sunset: The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Carol McCartney
3 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 26957
Tunnel In The Sky
By Robert A. Heinlein; Read by ????
2 cassettes – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: National Library Service (Book for the blind)
Published: ????
NLS Number: RC 13216