Isaac Asimov's future history;
James Blish's A Case Of Conscience - which is Volume III of Blish's After Such Knowledge Trilogy and also one novel in his Haertel Scholium of branching future histories;
several individual works.
At least one other comparison is relevant. In Heinlein's Future History, D.D. Harriman has one reason to live underground whereas, in Anderson's single-volume future history, Genesis, Laurinda Ashcroft, has an opposite reason to live there. See Haven't Future Histories Come A Long Way? - which also contrasts Heinlein's Future History with Larry Niven's Known Space History.
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Kaor, Paul!
I can think of another reason for living underground which I've half seriously suggested a time or two: protection from hurricanes. Large parts of the Mid West of the US is seasonally plagued by hurricanes, which often causes massive destruction of property and some loss of lives (and their resulting costs). Maybe such losses would be greatly lessened if people would live underground in hurricane prone regions?
I know, it's not likely! So this is just a thought.
Ad astra! Sean
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