The Menace from Earth

The Menace from Earth

Infobox short story |
name = The Menace From Earth
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translator =
author = Robert A. Heinlein
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short story
published_in = The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August, 1957
publisher =
publication_type = Magazine
media_type = Print (Periodical & Paperback)
pub_date = August 1957
english_pub_date =
preceded_by =
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"The Menace From Earth" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1957.

The "menace" of the title is a beautiful woman who visits the Moon and is assigned a young guide named Holly, a girl student and aspiring starship designer whose hobby is flying in a great cavern in the Moon, made possible because the gravity field is one sixth the strength of Earth's. Her best friend is Jeff, who appears enamored of the "groundhog" visitor. As Jeff spends more time with the visitor, Holly becomes jealous and begins to doubt Jeff's friendship.

This is one of Heinlein's few stories written from a female perspective.

References

*cite web
title = Internet Speculative Fiction Database
url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41159
accessdate = 2007-03-08


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