
“I was too busy to oblige them by dying just now.”
If This Goes On— (p. 412)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
"If This Goes On—" is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in 1940 in Astounding Science-Fiction and revised and expanded for inclusion in the 1953 collection Revolt in 2100. The novella shows what might happen to Christianity in the United States given mass communications, applied psychology, and a hysterical populace. The novel is part of Heinlein's Future History series.
“I was too busy to oblige them by dying just now.”
If This Goes On— (p. 412)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
“From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit.”
If This Goes On— (p. 431)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)