The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (113 page)

402
“ ‘Do you: Ibid.

403
“ ‘Look at: Ibid, p. 31.

404
“the Master”: Ibid, p. 32.

405
“the Prophet”: Ibid, p. 34.

406
“Donovan was: Ibid, p. 40.

407
“ ‘all dials: Ibid, p. 42.

408
“ ‘Look, Mike: Ibid.

409
“ ‘I won’t: Ibid, p. 43.

410
“ ‘I’ll send: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980), pp. 93-94.

411
“from the: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt (Lakemont, Georgia: Fictioneer Books, 1975), p. 65.

412
“Mr. Campbell”: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 196, footnote 1.

413
“ ‘Don’t be: Isaac Asimov, “Reason,” in Damon Knight, ed., A Century of Science Fiction, p. 37.

414
“Again, Campbell: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 286.

415
“ ‘Look, Asimov: Ibid.

416
“ ‘No, Asimov: Ibid, pp. 286-287.

417
“ ‘Listen, Bogert: Isaac Asimov, “Liar!” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.), p. 99.

418
“ ‘If you: Ibid.

419
“In time: Isaac Asimov, The Early Asimov, Book One, p. 88.

420
“the Stars”: Isaac Asimov, “Nightfall,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), pp. 378-411, passim.

421
“ ‘The Cultists: Ibid, p. 385.

422
“ ‘This is: Ibid, p. 380.

423
“ ‘No such: Ibid, pp. 380-381.

424
“ ‘You realize: Ibid, p. 384.

425
“ ‘After Genovi: Ibid, p. 386.

426
“ ‘In the: Ibid.

427
“ ‘First the: Ibid, p. 387.

428
“ ‘What an: Ibid, p. 404.

429
“With the: Ibid, p. 410.

430
“Someone clawed: Ibid, p. 411.

431
“How would: Blurb for Asimov’s “Nightfall,” Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1941, p. 9. This page is reprinted in a picture section in Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, after page 372. Also reproduced in black-and-white is the September 1941 Astounding cover illustrating “Nightfall.”

432
“Next month: John W. Campbell, “In Times to Come,” in Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1941, p. 36.

433
“artificial-light mechanism”: Isaac Asimov, “Nightfall,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories, p. 405.

434
“the Hideout”: Ibid, p. 382.

435
“ ‘The next: Ibid, p. 387.

CHAPTER 14: A WORLD OF CHANGE

436
“In the: Hugo Gernsback, “Reasonableness in Science Fiction,” in David Kyle, A Pictorial History of Science Fiction (London: Hamlyn, 1976), p. 80.

437
“led to: John W. Campbell, Jr., “Introduction,” in Campbell, Who Goes There? (Chicago: Shasta, 1951), p. 2.

438
“With the: L. Sprague de Camp, “Pratt and His Parallel Worlds,” in Fantastic Stories, December 1972, p. 87.

439
“I thought: Ibid, p. 93.

440
“ ‘our new: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Incomplete Enchanter (Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1950), p. 4.

441
“ ‘The world: Ibid, p. 5.

442
“ ‘ Do you: Ibid, pp. 5-6.

443
“syllogismobile”: Ibid, p. 10.

444
“This world: Ibid, p. 62.

445
“He couldn’t: Ibid, p. 128.

446
“ ‘What can: Ibid, p. 38.

447
“ ‘Certainly a: Ibid, p. 158.

448
“ ‘Listen: why: Ibid, p. 159.

449
“ ‘A property: Ibid, p. 249.

450
“A neue: Ibid, p. 282.

451
“ ‘A trifle: Ibid, p. 291.

452
“ ‘In a: Ibid, p. 292.

453
“ ‘The really: Ibid, p. 320.

454
“spell against: Ibid.

455
“a lenticular: E.E. Smith, Galactic Patrol (New York: Pyramid, 1966), p. 12.

456
“ ‘not essentially: Ibid, p. 16.

457
“ ‘None save: E.E. Smith, Gray Lensman (New York: Pyramid, 1965), p. 109.

458
“Idea is: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 17, “They,” in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.

459
“ ‘I wasn’t: Robert A. Heinlein, “Requiem,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow (New York: Putnam, 1967), p. 205.

460
“He first: Robert A. Heinlein, in J. Neil Schulman, “New Libertarian Notes Interviews Robert A. Heinlein,” Part V, New Libertarian Notes No. 33, August 1974, p. 8.

461
“it would: Robert A. Heinlein, “Ray Guns and Rocket Ships,” in Heinlein, Expanded Universe (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980), p. 373.

462
“He thinks: yearbook motto quoted in H. Bruce Franklin, Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction (New York: Oxford, 1980), p. 9.

463
“biochemist and: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘Let There Be Light’ ” in Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon (Chicago: Shasta, 1950), p. 41.

464
“speculative metaphysics”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Elsewhen,” in Heinlein, Assignment in Eternity (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1953), p. 92.

465
“hypnosis and: Ibid, p. 95.

466
“antagonists of: Robert A. Heinlein, “Lost Legacy,” in Heinlein, op. cit., p. 211.

467
“I was: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, February 1940, p. 10.

468
“There seemed: Robert A. Heinlein, “Elsewhen,” in Heinlein, Assignment in Eternity, p. 117.

469
“ ‘The emotional: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, March 1940, p. 130.

470
“There is: Ibid.

471
“The plan: Ibid, p. 141.

472
“an angry: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 460.

473
“ ‘Free men: Ibid, p. 461.

474
“Space Precautionary: Robert A. Heinlein, “Requiem,” in Ibid, p. 206.

475
“At long: Ibid, p. 210.

476
“Douglas-Martin Solar: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 36.

477
“There won’t: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, pp. 47-48.

478
“Citizens were: Robert A. Heinlein, “Coventry,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 501.

479
“This was: Robert A. Heinlein, “Preface,” in Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon, p. 15.

480
“ ‘Who makes: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 30.

481
“ ‘Put down: Robert A. Heinlein, “Blowups Happen,” in ibid, p. 60.

482
“ ‘Whose spells: Robert A. Heinlein, “Magic, Inc.,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1951), p. 123.

483
“ ‘Various of: Ibid.

484
“the arcane: Ibid, p. 190.

485
“ ‘We all: Ibid, p. 177.

486
“the Half-World”: Ibid, p. 127.

487
“The trouble: John W. Campbell, quoted in Frederik Pohl, The Way the Future Was (New York: Del Rey Books, 1978), p. 87.

488
“was just: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe, p. 92.

489
“They were: Robert A. Heinlein, “Blowups Happen,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 63.

490
“He had: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 43.

491
“ ‘ridey-ridey home: Ibid, p. 33.

492
“I promptly: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe, p. 94.

493
“the Mañana: Ibid, p. 92.

494
“the Galactic: Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., “The Epic of Space,” in Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, ed., Of Worlds Beyond (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1947), pp. 82-83.

495
“The ‘FALSE: Robert Heinlein, chart in “Brass Tacks,” Astounding, May 1941, pp. 124-125.

496
“for many: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, March 1940, p. 141.

497
“ ‘What can: Robert A. Heinlein, “Logic of Empire,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 340.

498
“Foreign Policy”: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 22, “Solution Unsatisfactory,” in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz.

499
“ ‘representatives of: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘—We Also Walk Dogs,’ ” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 263.

500
“ ‘I’d like: John W. Campbell, “In Times to Come,” Astounding, February 1941, p. 67.

501
“Mapping out: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page,” Astounding, June 1940, p. 6.

502
“Fundamentally, science-fiction: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page: History to Come,” Astounding, May 1941, p. 5.

503
“Stories-to-be-told”: Robert Heinlein, chart in “Brass Tacks,” Astounding, May 1941, pp. 124-125.

504
“Shadow of: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 24, Methuselah’s Children, in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz.

505
“Peril in: Ibid.

506
“the Rapport: Ibid.

507
“the dog: Ibid.

508
“ ‘I was: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 543.

509
“ ‘If there: Ibid, p. 539.

510
“ ‘It is: Ibid, p. 561.

511
“ ‘Here’s my: Ibid, p. 628.

512
“The hegira: Ibid, p. 646.

513
“It lacked: Ibid, p. 648.

514
“California here: Robert Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Astounding, September 1941, p. 162. (In the serial, but not the book version, the first word of the song lyric is omitted.)

515
“When Lazarus: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 540.

516
“ ‘Bud, you: Ibid, p. 556.

517
“superior ability: Ibid, p. 563.

518
“horror-stricken eyes”: Ibid, p. 627.

519
“ ‘Those creatures: Robert Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Astounding, September 1941, p. 142.

520
“ ‘They weren’t: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 666.

521
“ ‘Of course: Ibid.

522
“I probably: Robert A. Heinlein, “Concerning Stories Never Written,” in Heinlein, Revolt in 2100 (Chicago: Shasta, 1954), p. 19.

523
“the High: Robert A. Heinlein, “By His Bootstraps,” in Heinlein, The Menace from Earth (Hicksville, N.Y.: Gnome Press, 1959), p. 59.

524
“He felt: Ibid, p. 106.

525
“He was: Ibid, p. 109.

526
“He knew: Ibid, p. 113.

527
“ ‘There is: Ibid, p. 115.

528
“A great: Ibid.

529
“an oceanographer: Robert A. Heinlein, “Goldfish Bowl,” in Heinlein, The Menace from Earth, p. 179.

530
“We’ve had: Ibid, p. 207.

531
“They were: Ibid, p. 209.

532
“BEWARE—CREATION: Ibid, p. 211.

533
“I do: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, p. 48.

534
“Atomic War: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948) p. 34.

535
“the Empire: Ibid, p. 35.

536
“The outcome: Ibid, p. 34.

537
“They tailored: Ibid, p. 36.

538
“The Empire: Ibid, p. 37.

539
“Infants born: Ibid, p. 54.

540
“the Adirondack: Ibid, p. 62.

541
“ ‘silly games: Ibid, p. 32.

542
“an encyclopedic: Ibid, p. 43.

543
“make it: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, p. 96.

544
“so far: Ibid, p. 97.

545
“All the: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, p. 43.

546
“ ‘You can: Ibid, p. 45.

547
“Great Research”: Ibid, p. 181.

548
“control natural”: Ibid, pp. 177-178.

549
“If there: Ibid, p. 188.

550
“the Sons: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag,” in Heinlein, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Hicksville, N.Y.: Gnome Press, 1959), p. 49.

551
“art critic”: Ibid, p. 141.

CHAPTER 15: CONSCIOUSNESS AND REALITY

552
“All the: Werner Heisenberg, “The Debate Between Plato and Democritus,” in Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions (Boulder, Colorado and London: New Science Library/Shambala, 1984), p. 50.

553
“Something unknown: A.S. Eddington, quoted on the cover of Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions.

554
“Copenhagen interpretation”: We do not know who was responsible for coining this commonly-used phrase, but it is employed and discussed in Heinz R. Pagels, The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language Of Nature (New York: Bantam, 1983), p. 69.

555
“To put: A.S. Eddington, “Mind-Stuff,” in Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions, p. 184.

556
“The mind-stuff: ibid, p. 185.

557
“Is there: A. Merritt, The Metal Monster (New York: Avon, 1966), p. 116.

558
“I think: René Descartes, A Discourse on Method, in Saxe Cummins and Robert N. Linscott, eds., Man and the Universe: The Philosophers of Science (New York: Random House, 1947), p. 182.

559
“I . . . concluded: Ibid, pp. 182-183.

560
“Psychology, as: John B. Watson, quoted in Floyd W. Matson, The Broken Image (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday/Anchor, 1966), p. 38.

561
“ ‘know more: John W. Campbell, “The Elder Gods,” in Campbell, The Moon Is Hell (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1951), p. 158.