怒月 by Robert A. Heinlein5/30/2023 He returned to the notes for the other story in fits and starts over the next decade. The idea was “too big” for a short story, so he pursued a different theme for “Gulf.” Her husband liked the idea, made some notes, but then set them aside. “Among other unsuitable notions, I suggested a story about a human infant raised by an alien race,” Virginia Heinlein wrote years later. Heinlein accepted the assignment, then held a brainstorming session with his closest advisor - his wife. The letter writer said one of the stories was “Gulf” by Robert A. Campbell Jr., decided to fulfill the letter writer’s fantasy and have the stories written for the November 1949 issue. In keeping with the speculative nature of the genre, a letter writer complimented the editor on an issue a year in the future, going so far as to mention stories by specific writers. The story behind the novel began with the November 1948 issue of the magazine Astounding Science Fiction.
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