"Capt." Rob wrote:
When Destination Moon was released by Pal he had reworked the NOVEL by
RH, a pretty bad book called Rocketship Galileo. Pal liked some of the
ideas and ran with it.

Really?

That's why Heinlein cowrote the script, I suppose, and was a
technical consultant for the film.

... The distributor, attempting an early tie-in
effort released a new Novel, complete with a few photos called
Destination Moon which also had RH' name on the Inside of the book! On
the outside it only says, A George Pal Motion Picture. There are some
small differences in the text,

Differences from what?

Does Doug know any of this? Of course not. He's a fair weather fan of
RH and knows little about him.

Actually, I have read every published word Heinlein wrote.


Doug, you're busted, exposed and so on. You didn't even know the movie
was based on a Novel (actually more like a novella when you get right
down to it.)


Actually, the movie is based partly on Rocket Ship Galileo
and partly on two other short stories by RAH. But you
probably can't google them up as quickly.



BTW, Doug...my
Destination Moon copy is going on Ebay soon. I'll let you know when.


Yes, do that.

DSK