Variable Star - Hardcover

Heinlein, Robert A.; Robinson, Spider

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076531312X ISBN 13: 9780765313126

Publisher: Tor Books, 2006

Synopsis

Two young lovers are forced apart by pride, power, and the immensity of interstellar time and space, in an authorized version of an unfinished novel by Hugo Award-winning late science fiction master Robert Heinlein. 50,000 first printing.

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Review

""Variable Star" will delight the fans of the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived."
"Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn't "really" dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand. "Variable Star" will delight the fans of the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, and at the same time, stays true to Spider's passionate themes of optimism, kindness, and humanity's future among the stars."--John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Persistence of Vision "and" Steel Beach"
"I've already laughed hard and wanted to cry....This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you."--David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash
" Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn' t "really" dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand. "Variable Star" will delight the fans of the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, and at the same time, stays true to Spider' s passionate themes of optimism, kindness, and humanity' s future among the stars." --John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Persistence of Vision "and" Steel Beach"
" I' ve already laughed hard and wanted to cry... .This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you." --David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash
" I' d nominate Spider Robinson as the new Robert Heinlein" -- "The New York Times""" " An enjoyable read." -- "Entertainment Weekly""" " A splendid wondrous lovely Spider Robinson novel that just also happens to be a new Heinlein novel." -- "The San Diego Union-Tribune" " Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn' t "really" dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand." --John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Persistence of Vision "and" Steel Beach"
" I' ve already laughed hard and wanted to cry... .This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you." --David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

"I'd nominate Spider Robinson as the new Robert Heinlein"--"The New York Times""" "An enjoyable read."--"Entertainment Weekly""" "A splendid wondrous lovely Spider Robinson novel that just also happens to be a new Heinlein novel."--"The San Diego Union-Tribune" "Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn't "really" dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand."--John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Persistence of Vision "and" Steel Beach"

"I've already laughed hard and wanted to cry .This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you."--David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

I'd nominate Spider Robinson as the new Robert Heinlein "The New York Times"

An enjoyable read. "Entertainment Weekly"

A splendid wondrous lovely Spider Robinson novel that just also happens to be a new Heinlein novel. "The San Diego Union-Tribune"

Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn't "really" dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand. "John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Persistence of Vision and Steel Beach"

I ve already laughed hard and wanted to cry .This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you. David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash"

"I'd nominate Spider Robinson as the new Robert Heinlein" --The New York Times

"An enjoyable read." --Entertainment Weekly

"A splendid wondrous lovely Spider Robinson novel that just also happens to be a new Heinlein novel." --The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Completing a book from notes by a dead author is almost always a mistake. But Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn't really dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand." --John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Persistence of Vision and Steel Beach

"I've already laughed hard and wanted to cry....This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I love you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you." --David Crosby, Grammy Award--winning singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

About the Author

Robert A. Heinlein is universally acknowledged as modern science fiction's greatest author. At his death, in 1987, he left a legacy of books and stories that has profoundly influenced the course of the field for generations.

But one of Heinlein's most ambitious works was never finished. In 1955, he began work on a novel to be titled Variable Star, completing a detailed outline and making extensive notes for the book, only to set it aside to focus on other novels, including Tunnel in the Sky and the Hugo Award-winning Double Star. For more than half a century, the work lay forgotten among Heinlein's papers. Then, on its rediscovery a few years ago, the Robert A. Heinlein Trust selected an author to finish the work.
The author chosen for the project was, appropriately enough, a writer The New York Times has hailed as "the New Robert Heinlein"--Spider Robinson, the Hugo and Nebula Award--winning author of such modern SF classics as Stardance and "Melancholy Elephants." Faithful to the spirit of Heinlein's original vision, and laced with contemporary touches that will appeal to modern readers, Variable Star is a rare treat for the Grand Master's many fans.
Profits from the book will help fund the annual $500,000 Heinlein Prize for innovation in commercial manned spaceflight, a goal Mr. Heinlein considered crucial to humanity's long-term survival.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 076531312X
• ISBN 13: 9780765313126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 317