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Katbooks_
Posted April 12, 2013
Great read
Captured Heinlein" s style.
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JT73
Posted January 15, 2013
A good read, with many touches that made me really laugh. The m
A good read, with many touches that made me really laugh. The musical references are surprising but fit the tale. The style is good but feels quite different from Heinlein's: less youthful innocence, and the major catastrophe well along in the plot would seem out of place for one of RAH's early written-for-youth books.
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Anonymous
Posted September 28, 2012
A worthy tribute
Spider has made a welcome addition to the HEINLEIN universe.
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Anonymous
Posted April 24, 2010
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Heinlein would be proud
The combonation of writing styles does not hide the bones of this book. That Mr. Heinlen started it many years ago is still very apparent.Like all of his works there is a certain something that catches the imagination. Spider Robinson takes this skelaton and fleshes it out into a 21st century space journey. If you like a romp through another reality with space travel a little partying a broken hearted sax man and some just fun reading you will enjoy Variable Star.
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Anonymous
Posted November 12, 2007
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I have written two books and I would find it nearly impossible to copy another authors style. This was true of Mr. Robinson attempt to match Robert Heinlein's skills. I have enjoyed Spider Robinson's work and of coarse I greatly enjoy Heinlein's books but this was a disappointment. The plot was obviously Heinlein but the way it was written was to far from his style for my taste. I guess my basic problem with the book was the inclusion of Spider Robison¿s musical references and the inclusion of songs which I found out of place in a Heinlein plot. I applaud Mr. Robinsons attempt but if you like Robert Heinlein style this may not be the book for you.
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Anonymous
Posted April 8, 2007
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If you are a fan of Heinlein's prose, this book will necessarily disappoint. Advertising it as 'written by Robert Heinlen 'with Spider Robinson'' is extremely misleading. Robert Heinlein is to Vosne-Romanee as Spider Robinson is to grape Kool-Aid. Variable Star is written in a very slangy, stream-of-consciousness first person. The entire middle section seems lifted from a goofy New Age yoga manual, begging the question: is this a novel or a self-help book? It is also a preposterously sexist text. The whole premise of a patriarchal dynasty grooming a deadbeat musician to become its new leader rather than the perfectly qualified already-member-of-the-family granddaughter, Jinny, was retardedly unbelievable. The book reminded me mostly of a male version of the Harlequin romance.
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Leaving Ganymede to seek his dream as a successful musician and composer, Joel Johnston meets Jinny Hamilton on earth side they fall in love, but he is broke and must choose between a family with his beloved or his musical quest. Jinny rejects his either or theory as she informs him that she loves him and that she is the granddaughter of the wealthiest person in the solar system. Knowing he loves her not her money, she explains how his future will be.-------------- Heartbroken and betrayed, a drunken Joel leaves earthside and Jinny as he refuses to give up on his dream. He travels to start fresh on the new colony planet Brasil Novo 85 outside the reach of her grandfather. However, galaxy wide catastrophe beyond anything even of biblical proportions changes his quest from musician dreams to survivor.----------------- This is an interesting collaboration as Spider Robinson brings his view of the future and merges that seemingly contradiction with that of Robert A. Heinlein into a delightful coming of age science fiction tale. The story line is a journey on several levels as the hero tries to find himself on an emotional plane while wallowing in doubt and soon is in the midst of a survivor adventure. Though Joel adjustment from runaway musician with a broken heart to calamity champion seems too easy, fans of both authors will appreciate the tandem¿s fine futuristic thriller.------------ Harriet Klausner
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