For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs is a 1939 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published for the first time on November 28, 2003. Heinlein admirer and science fiction author Spider Robinson entitled his introductory essay "RAH DNA", referring to Robert Anson Heinlein's initials and DNA; as he believes this first, unpublished novel formed the DNA of Heinlein's philosophy. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential authors in the science fiction genre. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Spider Robinson was born as Paul Robinson on November 24, 1948 in New York City. ... Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). ...

For Us, the Living contains an afterword by Robert James, Ph.D., Heinlein Society member and Heinlein scholar.

In it, Perry Nelson, a normal 1939 engineer, is driving his automobile when he has a blowout, skids over a cliff, and wakes up after the car accident in the year 2086. Though he apparently was killed in the summer he is saved from the freezing cold by a fur-clad woman named Diana (after the Roman goddess). 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Redirected from 2086) (20th century - 21st century - 22nd century - other centuries) Definition In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing, lasting from 2000-2099. ... Diana was the equivalent in Roman mythology of the Greek Artemis (see Roman/Greek equivalency in mythology for more details). ...

Spider Robinson said that this book is something in between a novel and an essay. The character Diana's background is clarified in a footnote from the author. The future society has a Social Credit -- something which may come as a surprise to those who were not acquainted with his early leftist leanings. Social Credit is an economic theory and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ...

The title comes from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and appears to have no relation to Ayn Rand's similarly titled We The Living (published in 1936). Earnings from the novel will be going to the advancement of human exploration of space. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ... The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincolns most famous speech, was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, four and one-half months after the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. ... Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) (rhymes with mine)), born Alissa Alice Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was a popular and controversial American philosopher and novelist, best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ... We the Living is Ayn Rands first novel. ...

For Us, the Living contains eerie foreshadowings of Heinlein's later writings. There is even a Door Into Summer. The Door into Summer is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1957. ...

Editions

• January 2004, Scribner Book Company, ISBN 5551285855
• January 2004, Scribner Book Company, ISBN 5551285863
• January 6, 2004, Scribner, hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN 074325998X
• December 1, 2004, Pocket, paperback, 352 pages, ISBN 0743491548

2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → January 31, 2004 The United States defence budget is set to exceed US$400 billion next year—an almost 7% increase—according to budget proposals inadvertently posted on the Pentagons website. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scribner is a city located in Dodge County, Nebraska. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Heinlein For Us, the Living (http://www.heinleinsociety.org/news/newsFUTL.html)