The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (collection)
Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
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Cover artist | W.I. van der Poel |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fantasy |
Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1959 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 256 |
ISBN | 9780425050521 |
OCLC | 4623994 |
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag is a collection of science fantasy short stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Published by The Gnome Press in (1959), the collection was also published in paperback under the title 6 X H.
Contents[]
- "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" (1942)
- "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" (1957)
- "—All You Zombies—" (1959)
- "They" (1941)
- "Our Fair City" (1948)
- "'—And He Built a Crooked House—'" (1941)
The stories in this collection were also published in The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999).
Reception[]
Rating it 4.5 stars out of five, Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the volume as "a delightful book."[1]
References[]
- ^ Gale, Floyd C. (February 1961). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 139–143.
Sources[]
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 308.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1959 short story collections
- Short story collections by Robert A. Heinlein
- Gnome Press books
- Science fiction short story collection stubs
- 1950s short story collection stubs
- 1950s science fiction short story stubs