First edition
Cover art by David A. Cherry

New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988—Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue, edited by Jim Baen, (Baen Books, ISBN 0-671-69796-X).

This issue of The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact was published after the death of Robert A. Heinlein earlier that year. It contains a few of his stories, several tributes, and two poems of his that were never published before. Additionally there are other short stories by several writers.

The table of contents:

• "In Appreciation: Robert A. Heinlein" by Jerry Pournelle
• "The Long Watch" by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Dance Session": poem by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Rah Rah R.A.H." by Spider Robinson
• Excerpts from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Robert A. Heinlein and the Coming Age of Space" by Rick Cook
• More Excerpts from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein
• "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" by Robert A. Heinlein (Heinlein's favorite story)
• "Farewell to the Master" by Dr. Yoji Kondo and Dr. Charles Sheffield
• "The Witch's Daughters": poem by Robert A. Heinlein

Other stories:

• "Copyright Violation" by Spider Robinson
• "The Blabber" by Vernor Vinge
• "Counting Up": essay by Charles Sheffield
• "Megaphone" by Rick Cook
• "Freeze Frame" by John Moore
• "King of All" by Harry Turtledove

External links

• New Destinies series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database