Space Jockey (short story)

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"Space Jockey" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein. Part of his Future History series, it originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, April 26, 1947, and was collected in The Green Hills of Earth (and subsequently The Past Through Tomorrow).

One of Heinlein's most realistic and emotionally gripping tales, this companion to "It's Great to Be Back!" is about a spaceship pilot whose wife worries for his safety.

The manuscript title was "For Men Must Work".

[edit] References

James Gifford. 2000. Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion. Sacramento: Nitrosyncretic Press. ISBN 0-9679874-1-5 (hardcover), 0967987407 (trade paperback).

v • d • e Robert A. Heinlein's Future History

Collections	The Past Through Tomorrow, The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Green Hills of Earth, Orphans of the Sky, Revolt in 2100, The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe

Short stories	"Life-Line", "Let There Be Light", "The Roads Must Roll", "Blowups Happen", "The Man Who Sold the Moon", "Delilah and the Space Rigger", "Space Jockey", "Requiem", "The Long Watch", "Gentlemen, Be Seated!", "The Black Pits of Luna", "It's Great to Be Back!", "—We Also Walk Dogs", "Searchlight", "Ordeal in Space", "The Green Hills of Earth", "Logic of Empire", "The Menace from Earth", "If This Goes On—", "Coventry", "Misfit", "Universe", "Common Sense"

Novels	Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset