Assignment in Eternity

Classic novellas and short stories from the Dean of Science Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein. Masterful speculation on what makes us human—and the problems, opportunities, and adventures humans must face in order to win a superhuman future. Gulf: in which the greatest superspy of them all is revealed as the leader of a league of supermen the rest of us. The prequel to Heinlein's New York Times best seller, Friday. Lost Legacy: in which it is proved that we are all members of that league of the superhuman—or would be, if we but had eyes to see. Plus two great short stories: two of the master's finest: one on the nature of being, the other on what it means to be a man (''Jerry Was a Man,'' adapted for the television series Masters of Science Fiction, and available on DVD).