Robert A. Heinlein was born on this day 99 years ago in Butler, Mo. That means we have just 365 days to go until the Heinlein Centennial.
Before than happens, Variable Star, a based on an outline by Heinlein and finished by Spider Robinson, will be published in October 2006.
The 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…”
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