Time for the Stars (Hardcover)

by Robert A Heinlein (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition edition (Aug 8 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765314932
ISBN-13: 978-0765314932
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g
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"One of the superb Heinlein stories which have excitement, urbanity, humanity, rationality, pace, understanding, and which are a joy to read."--The New York Times on Time for the Stars

"Rarely has Heinlein pushed his imagination further. . .a vivid, stirring experience."
--The Chicago Tribune on Time for the Stars

"One of the superb Heinlein stories which have excitement, urbanity, humanity, rationality, pace, understanding, and which are a joy to read." (The New York Times )

"Rarely has Heinlein pushed his imagination further. . .a vivid, stirring experience." (The Chicago Tribune )

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This is one of the classic titles often referred to as the Heinlein Juveniles, written in the 1950s and published for the young adult market. It has since been in print for almost fifty years in paperback, and now returns to hardcover for a new generation. Travel to other planets is a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity to find habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent. With no time to wait years for communication between slower-than-light spaceships and home, the Long Range Foundation explores an unlikely solution human telepathy. Identical twins Tom and Pat are enlisted to be the human radios that will keep the ships in contact with Earth. The only problem is that one of them has to stay behind, and that one will grow old while the other explores the depths of space. Always a master of insight into the human consequences of future technologies, this is one of Heinleins triumphs.

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