The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein is a collection of short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...

, an author of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

.

The contents of the book are exactly two previous collections of Heinlein's short stories: Waldo & Magic, Inc.

Waldo & Magic, Inc.

Waldo & Magic, Inc. is a book containing those two novellas, one science fiction, one fantasy, by Robert A. Heinlein. It was published in 1950.Contents:*"Waldo"...

(1950) and The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (collection)

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert A. Heinlein. Published by The Gnome Press in , the collection was also published in paperback under the title 6 X H.-Contents:...

(1959), here arranged chronologically in order of publication:

• "Magic, Inc.
  Magic, Inc.
  Magic, Inc. is a novella by Robert A. Heinlein. It was originally published in Unknown Fantasy Fiction, for September 1940 under the title "The Devil Makes the Law"....
  
  " (1940)
• ""—And He Built a Crooked House—"" (1941)
• "They" (1941)
• "Waldo" (1942)
• "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
  The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
  "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" is a novella by Robert A. Heinlein. It was originally published in the October 1942 edition of Unknown Worlds magazine under the pseudonym of "John Riverside". It also lends its title to a collection of Heinlein's short stories published in 1959...
  
  " (1942)
• "Our Fair City
  Our Fair City
  Our Fair City is a fantasy short story by Robert A. Heinlein about an old parking lot attendant, his pet whirlwind , and a muckraking newspaper columnist who decide to "clean up" their city's corrupt government by running the whirlwind for political office.Heinlein had a cynical view of politics...
  
  " (1948)
• "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants
  The Man Who Traveled in Elephants
  "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" is a short story written in 1948 by Robert A. Heinlein. It was first published as "The Elephant Circuit" in the October 1957 issue of Saturn Magazine. It later appeared in two Heinlein anthologies, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag and The Fantasies...
  
  " (1957)
• "All You Zombies—" (1959)

The hardcover version has 320 pages and was published by Tor Books

Tor Books

Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...

on November 15, 1999. The paperback version (from the same publisher) has 352 pages and was published on May 17, 2002.

• ISBN 0-312-87557-6
• ISBN 0-312-87245-3