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A creepy
novella
by
Robert A. Heinlein
, also the title of an
anthology
of shorter
Heinlein
works:
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
The Man Who Travelled in Elephants
"All You Zombies"
(The quotation marks are in the title; hassle the author.)
They
Our Fair City
"And He Built a Crooked House"
(Ditto on the quotation marks.)
Spoilers
The
conceit
of the story is that
our universe was created by a young god
as an entry in a competition; "
Jonathan Hoag
" is the cover identity of an older god, one of the judges. The universe is judged good, except for the inclusion of some evil demonic beings called
The Sons of the Bird
, who end up tormenting our protagonist and his lovely wife. Hoag removes
The Sons of the Bird
. It's really a suspense/horror thing, one of
Heinlein
's few departures from
science fiction
under his own name.
printable version
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The Sons of the Bird
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American Gods
How to destroy the world using a spaceship and an elephant
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