Presenting The Virginia Edition... of the literary works of Robert A. Heinlein

The Complete Works of Robert Heinlein in 46 volumes, bound in leather, printed on archival-quality acid-free paper.

The Virginia Edition represents authoritative texts for all of Robert Heinlein's published fiction and non-fiction, with text taken from the last volume in which Heinlein had a hand in the preparation, or those works restored to their intended state in publications directly overseen by Virginia Heinlein after her husband's passing.

Also included are 450,000 words of newly selected correspondence, most never before published. Each volume is introduced by Heinlein scholar and biography author, William H. Patterson, Jr, detailing the circumstances under which each work was written. The Virginia Edition is fully authorized by The Heinlein Prize Trust, the Heinlein literary estate.

With each Virginia Edition set is included unlimited access to The Heinlein Archives online for one year. The Heinlein Archives offers all of Heinlein's documents, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal materials in downloadable digital form.


Robert Heinlein is the most enduring and influential American writer of speculative fiction. He published over one hundred novels, short stories, and articles. He won six Hugo awards, and has had his work adapted into four movies and five television series. Twenty years after his death, most of his books are still in print in many languages, and his influence can be clearly seen in the writings of many important authors writing today.

The most prevalent theme underlying his works is the practical benefit of man's activities in space. Though he never turned a blind eye to the terrible costs or the negative aspects of technological growth, he had a clear vision of its importance to human progress and human survivability.

A large portion of his writings were published long before Neil Armstrong first set foot upon the Moon. He wrote against prevailing opinions of the time that declared such an endeavor was both impractical and impossible. Today, in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars, there is a small terrain feature called the Heinlein Crater, named in honor of this man who became a much beloved writer, and who dreamed that humans would some day make their home there, and thrive.

The Virginia Edition is the complete, specially bound, collection of Heinlein's works, commissioned by his late wife, Virginia Heinlein.