Robert A. Heinlein's Variable Star
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In 2004, Spider Robinson pronounced himself "overjoyed" to begin working on a lengthy 1955 novel outline by the late Robert A. Heinlein in order to expand it into a novel, thus making it a collaborative effort. The book will be titled Robert A. Heinlein's Variable Star and has been completed, waiting for publication in late 2006. A recent posting on Robinson's official website says "I’ve delivered the novel Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson to editor Pat LoBrutto at Tor Books, more than two weeks before deadline; hardcover publication is scheduled for October 2006. Based on an outline Robert created in November 1955 (when I was 7), it will be his 53rd book, and my 33rd..."
Plot
In the late 23rd century, eighteen-year-old Joel Johnston flees a broken heart and the enmity of the world's richest man by boarding a 20-year-long sublight expedition to a distant star. He comes of age during the flight, changing from a confused youth to a man of substance, allowing him to cope, and help lead the colonists through several crises. And then the worst possible disaster strikes...
The book is set in a somewhat divergent offshoot of Heinlein's Future History, roughly during the time-period of Methuselah's Children.
External link
- [Variable Star] publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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