of the inspirations for his novel Stranger in a Strange Land''. For the magazine, he decided that the gulf between man and superman would provide an adequate basis for the title. Since Heinlein was no longer using the MacDonald pseudonym by the time the story was published, it was published under his own name. See also Speedtalk, a fictional constructed language spoken by the secret society External links "Gulf" parts one and two on the Internet Archive Full text of story at Baen Ebooks Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein 1949 short stories Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Literature first published in serial form American novellas Fictional secret societies