![]() The author's Postscript on Future History stories he won't write provides an entertaining look at Heinlein's richly imagined world. ![]() In "Misfit" a young genius averts a disaster during a mission to move an asteroid closer to Earth. "Coventry" is set years after the Second American Revolution, in a benevolent but strongly monitored new society, with its own rules and strong surveillance arm. As part of the Second American Revolution, he learns much about courage, subversion - a fellow conspirator tells John, "There is magic in words, black magic-if you know how to invoke it" - and sacrifice. Not force, but secrecy.censorship." He joins an underground cabal to overthrow the US government. John Lyle, West Point graduate and now serving as guard in the Prophet's stronghold, becomes disillusioned andĬoncludes that "secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. ![]() Heinlein's Future History universe, REVOLT IN 2100 includes the author's short novel "IF THIS GOES ON-", his novella "Coventry" and story "Misfit", Heinlein's Future History charts, "Future History Letter Essay" and his Postscript "Concerning Stories Never Written". ![]()
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