Variable Star

Heinlein, Robert A

ISBN 10: 0786158840 ISBN 13: 9780786158843

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2007

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. Book available.

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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 (1907-1988) is widely acknowledged to have been the single most important and influential author of science fiction in the twentieth century. He won science fiction's Hugo Award for Best Novel four times, and in addition, three of his novels were given Retrospective Hugos fifty years after publication. He won Science Fiction Writers of America's first Grand Master Award for his lifetime achievement.

Born in Butler, Missouri, Heinlein graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the navy for five years. He started writing to help pay off his mortgage, and his first story was published in Astounding Science-Fiction magazine in 1939. In 1947, he published a story in The Saturday Evening Post, making him the first science-fiction writer to break into the mainstream market. Long involved in politics, Heinlein was deeply affected by events such as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Cold War, and his fiction tended to convey strong social and political messages. His many influential novels include Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and Time Enough for Love. At the time of his death in 1988, he was living in Carmel, California with his wife Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786158840
• ISBN 13: 9780786158843
• Binding: Audio CD