Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve

7 best books like Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve (William H. Patterson Jr.): Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Night Fire, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Friday, Snow, Glass, Apples, Ringworld's Children, Third from the Sun

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Author	Jared Diamond
ISBN	0143036556

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond...

The Night Fire

Author	Michael Connelly
ISBN	0316485616

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him -- new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor...

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Author	Spider Robinson
ISBN	0812572270

Callahan's Place is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and listen to the stories spun by time travelers, cybernetic aliens, telepaths...and a bunch of regular folks on a mission to save the world, one customer...

Friday

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0345414004

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, in which North America has become Balkanized into dozens of independent states, where culture has become bizarrely vulgarized and chaos is the happy norm, she finds herself on...

Snow, Glass, Apples

Author

Neil Gaiman

*3.5 stars*



Oh my! Snow, Glass, Apples is some twisted, dark and creepy fairytale retelling of Snow White, lovely and dear Snow White. In this short story written by the critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, she is pure and innocent no more. Better watch out: the mask she wears might...

Ringworld's Children

Author	Larry Niven
ISBN	0765341026

Welcome to a world like no other.

The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique...

Third from the Sun

Author

Richard Matheson

Contents:
· Born of Man and Woman · vi F&SF Sum ’50
· Third from the Sun · ss Galaxy Oct ’50
· Lover, When You’re Near Me · nv Galaxy May ’52
· SRL Ad · ss F&SF Apr ’52
· Mad House · nv Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
· F--- [“The Foodlegger”] · ss Thrilling...