All You Zombies, Robert A. Heinlein
All You Zombies, Robert A. Heinlein
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"All You Zombies"
Five Classic Stories

Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrator: Spider Robinson

Unabridged: 3 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2014

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Featuring All You Zombies, the basis for the movie Predestination This collection from Grand Master Robert A. Heinlein includes five short stories sure to please science fiction fans everywhere. The title story tells the tale of a young man who meets a time-traveling bartender whose originsand relation to the young manare more complex and stranger than the Ouroboros ring on the barkeeps finger. In The Man Who Traveled in Elephantsone of both Heinlein and Spider Robinsons all-time favorite storieswe join a former traveling salesman on a bus. The man and his wife had once traveled with a host of imaginary animals searching for places to sell elephants. They takes listeners inside a mental institution, where a man suffering from delusions has been confined. In Our Fair City, a parking attendant named Pappy, a sentient whirlwind named Kitten, and a crusading reporter named Pete aim to take down their corrupt city government. Lastly, in And He Built a Crooked House, a clever architect designs a house in the shape of the shadow of a tesseract, but it collapses through the fourth dimension when an earthquake shakes it into a more stable form.

About Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read and loved at least one Heinlein novel). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit — Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Esti on January 31, 2023

Magistral "Todos ustedes zombis". Vi la película Predestination, basada en este relato y me gustó mucho. Ahora puedo decir que la película lo clava totalmente y eso no es fácil.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on March 31, 2020

This was recommended in our discussion of The Light Brigade, and I am glad I read it. The title story, All You Zombies, is a tightly written time travel tale that took me a while to wrap my head around, even though they reveal quite early on that time travel is going to be a key element. It is quite......more