Searchlight
| First published | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Future History |
Synopsis
"Searchlight" is a very short science fiction story by Robert A. Heinlein about a little blind girl whose spaceship crashes on the Moon. The search for her takes advantage of her prodigious musical ability to locate her.
Notes
''Searchlight'' was originally written in 1962 as part of an advertisement for Hoffman Electronics' (Wikipedia). First published in the magazine Scientific American, August 1962.
External Links
Publications (45)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |
|
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | Ace Books | Collection | 115 |
| March 1967 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Putnam | Collection | 277 |
| March 1967 | The Past Through Tomorrow | Longmans (Canada) | Collection | ||
| April 1967 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC | Collection | 277 |
| 1969 |
|
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | Ace Books | Collection | 115 |
| July 1970 |
|
The Worlds of Robert Heinlein | New English Library | Collection | 88 |
| April 1972 |
|
The Worlds of Robert Heinlein | New English Library | Collection | 88 |
| December 1972 |
|
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | Ace Books | Collection | 133 |
| January 1975 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 343 |
| January 1975 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 343 |
| February 1975 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 343 |
| April 1975 |
|
The Worlds of Robert Heinlein | New English Library | Collection | |
| April 1975 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 343 |
| December 1977 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow: Book Two | New English Library | Collection | 41 |
| November 1978 |
|
The Worlds of Robert Heinlein | New English Library | Collection | 88 |
| November 1979 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 | New English Library | Collection | 41 |
| September 1980 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Books | Collection | 343 |
| October 1980 |
|
Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | Grosset & Dunlap | Collection | 446 |
| February 1981 |
|
Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | Ace Books | Collection | 446 |
| July 1981 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Books | Collection | 343 |
| August 1982 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 446 |
| August 1982 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 447 |
| May 1983 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 447 |
| May 1983 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 447 |
| August 1983 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Berkley Books | Collection | 343 |
| March 1985 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 447 |
| March 1986 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Science Fiction Books | Collection | 446 |
| July 1987 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Ace Books | Collection | 343 |
| September 1987 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 | New English Library | Collection | 41 |
| May 1988 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Ace Books | Collection | 343 |
| August 1991 |
|
Expanded Universe | Ace Books | Collection | 446 |
| October 1991 |
|
Science Fiction I | Hatier | Anthology | 107 |
| June 2000 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Science Fiction Book Club | Collection | 319 |
| July 2005 |
|
Expanded Universe | Baen Books | Collection | 541 |
| February 2007 |
|
Expanded Universe | Baen Books | Collection | 541 |
| February 2010 |
|
The Future History of Robert Heinlein: Volume I | The Virginia Edition | Collection | 381 |
| February 2010 |
|
Expanded Universe | The Virginia Edition | Collection | 409 |
| August 2010 |
|
Expanded Universe | Baen Books | Collection | 541 |
| February 2014 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 288 |
| March 2014 |
|
The Past Through Tomorrow | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |288 |
| March 2015 |
|
Expanded Universe: Volume Two | Phoenix Pick | Collection | 166 |
| March 2015 |
|
Expanded Universe: Volume Two | Phoenix Pick | Collection | |12 |
| July 2015 |
|
Expanded Universe: Volume Two | Blackstone Audio | Collection | |12 |
| 2016 |
|
The Folio Science Fiction Anthology | The Folio Society | Anthology | 219 |
| April 2023 |
|
Expanded Universe: Volume Two | CAEZIK SF & Fantasy | Collection | |12 |