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The Green Hills of Earth is a collection of ten science fiction short stories written by Robert A. Heinlein after World War II, and first published in book form by Shasta Publishers in 1951. Most of the volume is included in Heinlein's 1967 omnibus of Future History stories, The Past Through Tomorrow.

The stories cover roughly the 1980s through the early years of the twenty-first century, and examine man's fledgling efforts at space travel, lunar exploration and settlement, and his push to the outer planets within the Solar System.

The collection is prefaced with Robert A. Heinlein: An Appreciation, by Mark Reinsberg. The backcover blurb of the 1952 first New American Library paperback edition of the collection stated:

• TIME: the 21st Century
• PLACE: 22,300 miles out in space
• PEOPLE: Men and women who have to face the problems of life and love on the Moon and neighboring planets.

Stories

• Delilah and the Space-Rigger
• Space Jockey
• The Long Watch
• Gentlemen, Be Seated
• The Black Pits of Luna
• "It's Great to Be Back!"
• "--We Also Walk Dogs"
• Ordeal in Space
• The Green Hills of Earth
• Logic of Empire