false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372010m/50847.jpg 50847 7 A never-before-published masterpiece from science fiction's greatest writer, rediscovered after more than half a century.When Joel Johnston first met Jinny Hamilton, it seemed like a dream come true. And when she finally agreed to marry him, he felt like the luckiest man in the universe.nbsp;There was just one small problem. He was broke. His only goal in life was to become a composer, and he knew it would take years before he was earning enough to support a family.But Jinny wasn't willing to wait. And when Joel asked her what they were going to do for money, she gave him a most unexpected answer. She told him that her name wasn't really Jinny Hamilton---it was Jinny Conrad, and she was the granddaughter of Richard Conrad, the wealthiest man in the solar system. nbsp;And now that she was sure that Joel loved her for herself, not for her wealth, she revealed her family's plans for him---he would be groomed for a place in the vast Conrad empire and sire a dynasty to carry on the family business.Most men would have jumped at the opportunity. But Joel Johnston wasn't most men. To Jinny's surprise, and even his own, he turned down her generous offer and then set off on the mother of all benders. And woke up on a colony ship heading out into space, torn between regret over his rash decision and his determination to forget Jinny and make a life for himself among the stars.He was on his way to succeeding when his plans--and the plans of billions of others--were shattered by a cosmic cataclysm so devastating it would take all of humanity's strength and ingenuity just to survive. 1540465 2006 Variable Star total:522|5:121|4:165|3:174|2:51|1:11| 522 1900 695 58 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:59:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 22:17:35 -0700 2009 And, the plot was compelling and possessed of many unexpected twists, even if m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 12:43:18 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:11:49 -0700 2009
It is well that Robinson does not purport to have created a Heinlein novel. There were too many swears, for one thing, which I thought needlessly ...more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:53:07 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 05:58:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:00:11 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:53:01 -0800 2009
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Well, technically, it's a collaboration, but Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson reads like a Heinlein novel, and delivers everything you could want from a book written by ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 09:45:11 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 10:01:20 -0700 2008
This was a book based on a portion of an outline and some notes discovered after Heinlein's death, and written by Spider Robinson.

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The protagonist is Joel, who has just graduated from high school (or its future equivalent) and is awa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 01 05:11:58 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 07:39:32 -0800 2008
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