'The Stone Pillow' offers the rise of the rebellion which the protagonists of 'If This Goes On-' later join the rebellion (styled the 'Second American Revolution' in later stories of the Future History) includes Mormons, Catholics, and Jews, groups suppressed by the Theocracy, working in concert with Freemasons. 'Eclipse' describes the subsequent collapse of American society with particular emphasis on the withdrawal from space travel by the new regime. 'The Sound of His Wings' would have concerned a televangelist named Nehemiah Scudder who rides a populist, racist wave of support to the Presidency. The afterword describes three stories which describe the beginning of the theocracy and subsequent beginnings of rebellion against it. Later paperback editions have paired Revolt in 2100 with Methuselah's Children. The short stories, 'Coventry' and 'Misfit', describe the succeeding secular liberal society from the point of view of characters who reject it. Heinlein rewrote the work for this appearance. The work is not an attack on religion in general, however, as he has a Mormon community take part in the anti-theocratic revolt.

The short novel, 'If This Goes On-', describes a rebellion against an American theocracy and thus served as the vehicle for Heinlein to criticise the authoritarian potential of Protestant Christian fundamentalism.

Afterword: 'Concerning Stories Never Written'.

' Misfit' (1939 originally published in Astounding Science Fiction).

' Coventry' (1940 originally published in Astounding Science Fiction).

' If This Goes On-' (1940 originally published in Astounding Science Fiction).

Foreword by Henry Kuttner, 'The Innocent Eye'.

Heinlein, part of his Future History series. Revolt in 2100 is a 1953 science fiction collection by American writer Robert A.

Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein