The Menace from Earth

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This article is about the short story "The Menace From Earth". For the collection of short stories, see The Menace From Earth (collection).

"The Menace From Earth"
Author	Robert A. Heinlein
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction short story
Published in	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August, 1957
Publication type	Magazine
Media type	Print (Periodical & Paperback)
Publication date	August 1957

"The Menace From Earth" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1957.

The "menace" of the title is a beautiful woman who visits the Moon and is assigned a young guide named Holly, a girl student and aspiring starship designer whose hobby is flying in a great cavern in the Moon, made possible because the gravity field is one sixth the strength of Earth's. Her best friend is Jeff, who appears enamored of the "groundhog" visitor. As Jeff spends more time with the visitor, Holly becomes jealous and begins to doubt Jeff's friendship.

This is one of Heinlein's few stories written from a female perspective.

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Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.

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