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| Original Title: | All You Zombies ... |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.heinleinarchives.net/upload/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=222 |
| Literary Awards: | Balrog Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction (1980) |
Robert A. Heinlein
ebook | Pages: 13 pages Rating: 4.08 | 5014 Users | 509 Reviews
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Just as the limerick, “There once was a man from Nantucket –“ is the foulest yet most recognized of all, and just as the classic “Why did the chicken cross the road?” is the best joke, so is Robert A. Heinlein’s “All You Zombies-“ it is hands down the best time travel short story.Published in 1960, a reader and fan can see the early ideas for Time Enough for Love and I Will Fear No Evil. Was Heinlein a dirty old man? Yes, and in 1960, at the still young age of 53, he was just learning to fill out his garter and stockings.
I love the time travel section of the science fiction / fantasy genre. I love the weird ones, the quizzical ones and the ones you just can’t figure out. I love the good (H.G. Wells classic The Time Machine), the bad (Piers Anthony’s Bearing An Hourglass) and the ugly (Heinlein’s own Time Enough for Love). Poul Anderson’s many adventures in time needs special mention.
But for a short story to pack a lot into a small package, “All You Zombies-“ wins the prize.
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| Title | : | All You Zombies |
| Author | : | Robert A. Heinlein |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 13 pages |
| Published | : | March 1959 by The Heinlein Archives |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Short Stories. Time Travel. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 5014 Users | 509 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books All You Zombies
Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow.If at Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again.A Stitch in Time Saves Nine Billion.A Paradox May Be Paradoctored.It Is Earlier When You Think.Ancestors Are Just People.Even Jove Nods.A long time ago I've seen a movie called Predestination, but just recently I've found out that it was adopted from a short story called All You Zombies, so of course I had to read it. And just like the movie blew my mind, so did this story. The movie did add a lot ofTime travel can be disorienting.Very true. Some time ago I have watched the movie Predestination by Michael Spierig, based on the story written by Heinlein.The characters' structure is, apparently, simple. In a bar, traumatized male A meets male B. While talking, B reveals he was a female once, but her ovaries and uterus had been removed and the name has been changed. B is also traumatized because shed known a man ( lets call him B), and they had a child. never to be seen again, after birth.
I'm speechless!
Time travel theory and its paradoxes always elude me and traveling across time (I don't want to go into the future, I can imagine how it will be like/ends, I'm fascinated by the past, I'm inquisitive) remains a curious idea.It all started with the Bar scene, a reluctant conversation between a man and the bartender, soon turns into an interesting one, then emotional and finally breaks into next level. First twist of the story, I was like Okay! I am catching up , my expectations were very high (I
So good. And totally insane. The best kind of time travel story.
Re-read 6/2/18:Nostalgia hits again. :) Thinking about doing a lot more Heinlein reads fairly soon. :)Original Review:I had to reread this after just watching Predestination on which it was based. I was impressed with the movie but even more so with the story. I guess I picked up more nuances this time. It was all the more impressive because of how the character study really played out and what wasn't said but could be deduced. I think I can thank the movie more for that aspect, although one
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