The blank verso of this ticket bears Heinlein's signature. Heinlein was a guest lecturer of this series entitling his talk "Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues" which was delivered on February 8th, 1957. Heinleins Future History universe, REVOLT IN 2100 includes the authors short novel IF THIS GOES ON-, his novella Coventry and story.
Furthermore, laid in is a ticket for the University of Chicago Lecture Series for the Winter Quarter of 1957 entitled The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination And Contemporary Social Criticism. Interestingly when one looks at social political items in sci-fi what comes to mind is Isaac Asimov with his foundation series We know his foundation series is based on the Roman Empire and the decay from within. Heinlein, part of his Future History series. Also included is the publishers printed invoice for this book to the purchaser. Revolt in 2100 is a 1953 science fiction collection by American writer Robert A. Additionally, this copy is signed by fellow writers Frank Robinson (who had two of his novels made into Hollywood films: THE POWER & THE TOWERING INFERNO), Rog Phillips, Julian May (signing as Julian May Ditky) & Oliver Saari (a very scarce signature) as well as editor Bea Mahaffey and editor / publisher (of this very book as well as many others), Ted Dikty. The 3rd book in the authors FUTURE HISTORY cycle. I like most Heinlein that I've read, but I just felt this book dragged. One of an unknown number (perhaps 500 copies) of this, the subscribers issue signed by the author. REVOLT IN 2100, Shasta Publishers, 1953, first edition, lower rear fore edge corner tip gently bumped, else vg+/near fine in near fine Hubert Rogers pictorial dust-wrapperwith a hint of tanning to the dust-wrapperspine. Revolt in 2100 is worth reading just for the first novella alone, although Heinlein’s comments at the end intriguingly fill in some of the gaps.
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