Variable Star
Heinlein, Robert A. And Spider Robinson
Language: English
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2006
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Aviator's Bookshelf, Bumpass, VA, U.S.A.The Aviator's Bookshelf
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Includes dust jacket. 318 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Variable Star
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A. And Spider Robinson
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 076531312X
- ISBN 13
- 9780765313126
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Aviation-Fiction, Science Fiction
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About the Author
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.
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