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Dan Davis was tricked by an unscrupulous business partner and a greedy fiancee into spending thirty years in suspended animation just when he was on the verge of a success beyond his wildest dreams. But when he awoke in the future, he discovered he had the means to travel back in time -- and get his revenge!
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After Heinlein passed away, Del Rey published a book called Grumbles from the Grave, and I had the great pleasure of working with Virginia Heinlein on gathering photos and other material to accompany the letters and text that made up the book. While at her house, I was introduced to a cat named Pixel.
It must not have been this particular feline that inspired the cat in A Door into Summer, but it certainly could have been, and I re-read the book as soon as I could.
If you haven't read Henlein, you haven't read science fiction, and if you haven't read this, you haven't read Heinlein. It's the quintessential time travel-paradox story. It's exciting, it's fun, and of course, there's the cat.
--Alex Klapwald, Director of Production
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Door into Summer (Mass Market Paperback)
If I'd read this book in the early 1970's, when I was a young teenager, I would have loved it. Cryogenics mixed with time travel... a feast for a young science fiction fan. Unfortunately, reading it for the first time in 2012, it seemed much too cozy to be written for a contemporary adult. Except for the boring details of patents and company stock. Those I found tedious and unnecessary, not cozy at all. The fact that the novel was written in the 1950's then staged in 1970 and 2001 would have stopped me from buying it had I known. I expected the far off future, since, apparently, the novel is still very popular. It was difficult for me to accept a futuristic premise when the fictional future is in my actual past, and it is not recognizable. Heinlein likely never imagined that people would still be reading his book more than a half century later. Then there's the fact that the actual time travel happened way too late in the novel for me, past halfway. The details of "cold sleep" (cryogenics) and robotic engineering weren't interesting enough to engage me for more than half the book. I found the plot surrounding the main character's double-crossing partner and girlfriend to be foolish melodrama. However, the last quarter of the book redeemed the novel somewhat. I enjoyed that part enough to raise the rating from a 2 to a 3. The problems posed by time travel were discussed too briefly but interestingly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A timeless classic!,
By R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Door into Summer (Mass Market Paperback)
"The Door into Summer" is Heinlein's best and one of my top favorites. I cannot remember how many times I have reread this book, even if not from page 1 till the end, but definitely chapters of it. Besides an amazing plot, the characters have depth and of course the cat with a mind of his own. Heinlein is definitely a great story teller when he sets his mind to it. Our hero's narration of his misfortunes and ultimate revenge and reward is simply delightful reading, with never a dull moment. There are even some sweet moments which are touching. One cannot help but wish the best for our hero and his cat. And this story remains one of the best about time travelling though "Replay" by Ken Grimwood comes a close second. The Door into Summer is simply timeless and will always remain in the front row of my favorite books.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great description of the role of patents in technology,
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This review is from: The Door into Summer (Mass Market Paperback)
Written in the mid-50's, Heinlein was projecting the future for both the 1970's setting and the 2001 setting for this story. While his choices are interesting (and some, such as the ubiquitous ATM's in 2001, are amazingly accurate), what I found most interesting was the role patents play in this story. Heinlein clearly appreciates the role that patents play in the business world, and makes good use of them as a vehicle for Dan's ultimate revenge. Overall, Heinlein's descriptions of patents and the patenting process remain accurate after almost 50 years, though the patent laws have been tweaked slightly in the last decade. If anything, patents are even more important today than they were in the 1950's (when Heinlein was writting this book the U.S. had issued about 2.5 million patents...today we are rapidly approaching 7 million!).
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