| "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Robert A. Heinlein | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Boys' Life |
| Publication date | April and May 1949 |
"Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in April and May 1949 [1] in Boys' Life, a magazine of the Boy Scouts of America, who jointly hold copyright with Heinlein, dated 1976.[2] The story is about a boy who tries to become an Eagle Scout on the Moon. It is approximately 30 pages long (13,000 words[3]) as collected in Expanded Universe (1980).[4] The story was again collected in Off the Main Sequence (2005).
Though the story is not usually counted among the Future History stories, Heinlein wrote in a foreword in Expanded Universe that "This story is compatible with the so-called 'Future History' series. It is also part of my continuing post-War-II attempt to leave the SF-pulp field and spread out."[2] Heinlein wrote a "teleplay" or treatment, date uncertain but possibly sometime in 1959. It was not published or produced.[5]