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Time for the Stars
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Travel to other planets is now a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity of finding habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent. There’s a problem though—because the spaceships are slower than light, any communication between the exploring ships and Earth would take years.
Tom and Pat are identical twin teenagers. As twins they’ve always been close, so close that it seemed like they could read each other’s minds. When they are recruited by the Long Range Foundation, the twins find out that they can, indeed, peer into each other’s thoughts. Along with other telepathic duos, they are enlisted to be the human transmitters and receivers that will keep the ships in contact with Earth. But there’s a catch: one of the twins has to stay behind—and that one will grow old—while the other explores the depths of space and returns as a young man still.
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- DJM
- 01-27-11
My First Heinlein
I think I must have been around 12 or 13 and just starting Jr High School when my twin sister checked "Time for the Stars" out of the school library. She was disappointed that we weren't telepathic, but I was curious about the book and picked it up. It was the first of many hours enjoying the worlds of RAH. Although this was one of the series of books that Heinlein wrote for young people, it was, and still is, an engaging story for people of any age. Heinlein is at his best when describing ordinary people struggling with extraordinary situations. If you are a Heinlein fan, you won't be disappointed. As with so many of Heinlein's books, I look forward to listening to this one again.
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Classic Science Fiction At It's Best
Heinlein was ahead of his time. He was an extremely inventive and imaginative author. I am not sure what order to read his books, although this one reminded me a lot of Star Man Jones. There wasn't much action for the most part, but there were some exciting parts and twists. This book is about discovery and exploration of planets for colonization in a future society of Earth where space travel is possible. Perspective takes place through the eyes of one character and the story writes like an autobiography over the course of years of his life. The basic premise is that people have discovered that twins can communicate telepathically. To date Earth has had trouble hearing back from long range scout ships that venture off to explore habitable worlds at the speed of light due to the great distances involved. The use of these twins for instantaneous communication may make it possible colonize worlds faster. The concept of space and time are explored in this novel. In addition, the effects of how time ages one twin differently than the other due to traveling at the speed of light is explored. We get a taste of alien worlds, like the Star Man Jones book, and once again I find myself wishing there was more meat to the story. But I do appreciate Time For The Stars for what it is meant to be, a light, stand alone, discovery, science fiction novel.
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- E Rosenquist
- 04-23-12
Unabashed fan
I'm not really a valid reviewer - RAH was my first love in Science Fiction - and in spite of his well known flaws, this is one of his better Juveniles. If you are new to Robert Heinlein, he was one of the first SF writers to really emphasize accuracy in his science - so while the basic driver in this book is fictional, the way it works tends to be accurate to the knowlege of physics when written.
So in this book, the Long Range Foundation [Dedicated to our Decendants] is taking on the exploration for new planets for man to live on. And they have discovered some interesting things about twins. Identical twins, Pat and Tom are encouraged to join the expedition, and this story is the experience of the space-side twin as they experience both space and time travel. And of course, the boy, becomes a man. It's got a decent pace, a good plot line, a good crew on the ship and a satisfying outcome.
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- ozgribbo
- 10-01-14
Dated but worth a listen
I've been going through my 70's SF UK-bought paperbacks (shoulder reconstruction meant forced idleness) and realised that Heinlein was about 50% of my reading then. (Moorcock/AsimovVan Vogt/Vance made up the rest.) Didn't ring a bell when I saw the title name so bought it. Pleasantly surprised. It's no "Door into summer" but very good use of time dilation (I teach chemistry not physics!). If you like Heinlein, you'll like this- much shorter and more readable (possible younger audience?) than "Stranger in a strange land" etc.
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- Audiobook Addict
- 02-14-11
Another RAH Classic
This is one of my favorite RAH books and I was so excited to see an audio of it! Now they just need to make an audio of Tunnel in the Sky. But Time for the Stars is one of RAH best books it tells the age old story of two twins separated by the affects of relativistic space flight.
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 03-14-21
Telepathic quantum entanglement
Robert A Heinlein's Time for the Stars is among his set of juvenile novels. Set in the future where space travel within the system occurs, an attempt for an interstellar journey is proposed. The neat trick is to use twins with telepathic abilities. While the mode of transportation is relativistic (with a spaceship that can attain close to the speed of light), telepathy allows for instantaneous communications. In spite of this ability, there are still issues at peak speeds as well as the aging of the Earthbound pairs. The goal is to hunt for Earth-like planets for future colonization. There's plenty of adventure along the way as well as a near mutiny as the crew slowly dwindles away. Eventually, the telepathic science allows for building spaceships that also allow for instant travel and the crew heads home after nearly a lifetime having passed on Earth. What started as a teen's adventure ends with seeing his Earthbound twin who is now an old man.
As with most of Heinlein's juvenile series, teenagers are the main characters. There's a bit of teenage romance, jealousy, and sibling rivalry along with violent interactions with some intelligent alien life. There is much demonstration of the strangeness of relativity with some routine space housekeeping. This is classic Heinlein for a coming of age tale.
The narration is well done with good character distinction and easy listening pacing.
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- jlwmdd
- 07-15-18
great sf book.
I met Mr. Heinlein in 1962 when I was in the tenth grade in 1962, living in Security, Colorado. My father was an avid reader of SF books and got me involved in reading. I have read Mr. Helnlein's books over and over and now I had a chance to listen to them and the books were and are some of the greatest SF that there are.
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- Dee
- 05-30-17
one of RAH's best
I love Heinlein..this book is about coming of age and it is awesome. He takes his protagonist from a youth to an adult who knows himself. His wit and intelligence keeps you with the story ...you hate for it to end.
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- Nothing really matters
- 04-30-15
The Twin Paradox Brought to Life.
When I started reading this I had forgotten this was a book intended for younger readers (it was part of Robert Heinlein’s “Juveniles Series”). I can’t pretend to know whether kids these days would still like this sort of sci fi tale, but I’d imagine that they would.
The focus of the book is not interstellar action and derring do, although there is a bit of action towards the end. The book is partly about relationships, primarily twin sibling relationships. It's also about man’s efforts to explore and discover his world/universe.
The ending was somewhat more profound than I had expected it to be. Also interesting, the plot also brings the twin paradox to life.
I recommend this book if you are interested in vintage sci fi or, perhaps, the themes of discovery and sibling relationships.
[Spoiler alert: ] The book is a product of its time, and ends with the main character marrying his great-grandniece. That, I'd suggest, is a bit icky by today’s standards.
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- SAMA
- 06-23-13
A Pleasant Surprise
I always enjoy new concepts in science fiction, and while this book brings nothing that I haven't seen before in other stories, it does present the concepts and the characters in interesting ways.
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- T.
- 01-04-22
Amazing Hidden Gem
I am so glad I found the book, timeless story. Enjoyed it very much, a forgotten masterpiece.
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- LC
- 01-17-21
Another solid Heinlein story
I found this to be an enjoyable story, like other Heinlein stories. Some parts of it stimulate thinking and imagination too.
It’s not one of his more adventurous books though, or one of the best.
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- M
- 05-21-19
Not the best heinlein but ok
Not the best compared to others I preferred, well read but I lost interest a few times during the story. Still a good book by the master though.
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- Seagull
- 05-12-18
Still great!
I loved this when I first read it as an adolescent, and was really pleased to find how well it has stood the test of time. Yes, there are a few jarring moments - it would be depressing if, so far in the future, women had still needed their husband's permission to do things - however, it didn't seriously mar my enjoyment. The characters and situations are still interesting and the premise of the story (telepathic communication) remains fresh and original. The narrator also does a good job. Very pleased I bought this one!
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- Thesle
- 02-22-16
Up there with Heinlein's best
This is an enjoyable novel, something you can listen to and enjoy for the characters and the plot, while making allowances for the central premise. for those that enjoy Heinlein's 'juveniles' it's a good listen.