Robert Heinlein Out-Takes by MatthewsP

The ad coelam doctrine holds that property rights extend both above and below the surface of parcels; D. D. Harriman uses this principle to finagle management rights to a certain object. Thus goes the plot of what 1951 Heinlein short story, with a title reminiscent of a 1970 glam-rock song?

In its conclusion, a leader 30,000 years in our future views himself in a room with two other versions of himself, and realizes he was the "Diktor" he met as a young man all along. Diktor then sends a younger version of himself back through the Time Gate, thus ensuring his own existence with no outside help (unless, of course, you count a time machine). Name this 1941 Heinlein story.

"To Sail Beyond the Sunset" is her fictional memoir, and retells some of the incidents from the life of one of Heinlein's frequent protagonists, sometimes with contradiction. What is the first name of this character, who is mother, lover, and wife to Lazarus Long.

In Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom tales she is a princess of the Martian city of Helium, and wife of John Carter. Name this character, whom Heinlein references in the name of one of his own heroines, "Deety" Carter, in "The Number of the Beast".

During World War II, Heinlein recruited two other high profile sci-fi authors to be researchers at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. One was Isaac Asimov. Name this other author, known for such original works as "Lest Darkness Fall", a seminal alternate-history novel, and his continuation of Robert Howard's Conan series.

The title "Stranger in a Strange Land" refers to Exodus 2:22, in which Moses explains the meaning of his son Gershom's name. What was this land Moses settled in, where he was sheltered by the priest Jethro and married Zipporah?

Not a "series" in a narrative sense, this term describes twelve novels Heinlein published with Scribner between 1947 and 1958, typically released in the autumn in time for Christmas, and includes such works as "Citizen of the Galaxy", "Starman Jones", and "Red Planet". What term is typically applied to these works, which ended after Scribner rejected "Starship Troopers" as a 13th entry.

In this 1982 novel, the title character is a genetically engineered Artifical Person who attempts to pass as a normal human, only to be rejected by her plural family when they learn the truth. Name this novel, whose title heroine often assumes the cover identity Marjorie Baldwin, and shares a name with a character from a novel based on the life of Alexander Selkirk.

There is a debunked urban legend that Heinlein and this man had a "bar bet" concerning the creation of a certain organization. Name this fellow author, who in the Navy was twice relieved of command of his ships, but later appointed himself a "Commodore" of sorts

Alex and Margrethe suffer a series of reversals of fortune as they are constantly shifted into parallel worlds, only to be separated when Alex is taken up in the Rapture but Margrethe, a pagan, is not. Name this 1984 novel in which Alex ultimately leaves Heaven and journeys through a much more interesting Hell to find his lady love.

Daniel Boone Davis, a pioneering roboticist, is swindled out of his own company by business partner Miles Gentry and fiancee Belle Darkin. However, he turns the tables by traveling back in time to create a rival company. Name this 1957 novel which features robot product lines such as Hired Girl, Drafting Dan, Flexible Frank, and Eager Beaver.

Several of Heinlein's heroines had both red hair and technical acumen, a shout-out to his third wife, who was an organic chemist and engineer. Name this woman, who achieved a higher rank in the Navy than Heinlein did, and who was noted for her participation in Usenet fan groups late in her life (first name, nickname, or maiden surname required).