Time for the Stars

Heinlein, Robert A.

ISBN 10: 0765314940 / ISBN 13: 9780765314949

Published by Orb Books, 2007

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Synopsis:

Originally published for a young adult audience in the 1950s, a classic Heinlein tale depicts a future world where overpopulation has necessitated travel to other planets in spite of limited communications technology, a challenge for which identical twins Tom and Pat are enlisted for a human telepathy project. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

About the Authors:

ROBERT ANSON HEINLEIN (1907-1988) was the single most important and influential author of science fiction in the 20th Century.

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 inAstounding Science-Fiction magazine in 1939. In 1947, he published a story inThe 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 includeStarship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, andTime Enough for Love. At the time of his death in 1988, he was living in Carmel, California with his wife Virginia.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Time for the Stars
Publisher: Orb Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good