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Quiz about The Writings of Robert Heinlein
Quiz about The Writings of Robert Heinlein

The Writings of Robert Heinlein Quiz


Robert Heinlein was a prolific author of science fiction for over fifty years. Do you know which of these books and short stories he wrote?

A collection quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Rowena8482
Time
3 mins
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Quiz #
413,963
Updated
Sep 28 23
# Qns
15
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10 / 15
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Select the books/stories written by Robert Heinlein.
There are 15 correct entries. Get 3 incorrect and the game ends.
Podkayne of Mars The Caves of Klydor The Door into Summer Between Planets First Contact Starstormers Rocketship Galileo Sargasso of Space A Bathroom of Her Own Red Planet Glory Road Star Beast Citizen of the Galaxy John Carter of Mars Facing the Flag The Man Who Travelled in Elephants Away is a Strange Place to Be To Ride Pegasus On the Slopes of Vesuvius Starman Jones Cliff and the Calories Deathwing over Veynaa Puppet Masters Voyage to Venus Space Cadet

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Answer:

Robert Heinlein is known as "The Dean of Science Fiction".
His first short story to be published was "Life-line" in "Astounding" magazine in August 1939.
The stories in this quiz cover a large part of his fifty year career, during which time he produced 32 novels, almost 60 short stories, and anthologies, screenplays, TV shows, radio show episodes, and even songs!


"First Contact" and "Voyage to Venus" are both part of the UNEXA series by Hugh Walters. The series follows the adventures of four young astronauts as they explore our solar system together. The series was published between 1957 and 1981.
"Starstormers" is the first book in the series by Nicholas Fisk, following four children who build their own spaceship to go and find their parents. It was published in 1980.
"Deathwing over Veynaa" and "The Caves of Klydor" are each part of different series by Douglas Hill who published over fifty novels between 1967 and 2006.
"Facing the Flag" is by Jules Verne, published in 1896.
"John Carter of Mars" is part of the Barsoom series, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who also wrote the "Tarzan" books.
"To Ride Pegasus" is part of the "Pegasus in Space" trilogy by Anne McCaffrey, who also wrote the "Dragonriders of Pern" series.
"Away is a Strange Place to Be" is one of the novels of H. M. Hoover, published in 1990.
Source: Author Rowena8482

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