"History of the future" in the work of the writer has a special place. Started in the late 1930s with the story "Life Line" and continued subsequently with such classical works. The Man , who sold the moon." The Green Hills of the Earth , "The Sons of the Universe" (CM) It covers a huge time interval in the history of space exploration. As it seemed to Heinlein . In this story, heroic epochs are replaced by eras of dictatorships, the world turns into war to turn into peace again - many things happen on the way of a person to the future. Only man is unchangeable seeking, struggling, conquering, doubting, loving, humane. In this edition, some of the translations are rewritten, others are given in the new edition.