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Heinlein's Last Novel Coming in September

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pages-out-of-time dept.

Frightened_Turtle writes "Robert Heinlein's last novel, Variable Star , will be released in September. Completed by Spider Robinson at the behest of Heinlein's estate, the novel is based on the notes and outline created by Heinlein for the novel over 50 years ago. It was set aside and forgotten when Heinlein went to work on other projects. The story follows the life of Joel Johnston who — after having a fallout with his girlfriend and going on a bender — wakes up on a starship bound for the stars. Spider Robinson has done an excellent job maintaining Heinlein's style and flow throughout the novel. Want to check out the story for yourself? You can download the first eight chapters online from the 'Excerpts' link on the site as they are released over the next few weeks."

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  1. What is coming next by UR30 · · Score: 3, Funny

    A new play by Shakespeare? Poems by Poe? Nonfiction by Carl Sagan?

  2. Same writing style? by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it will be full of gratuitous sex in every possible combination of the following?

    Hetrosexual
    Homosexual
    Incest
    Self
    2-way
    3-way
    Orgy

    And occur with in the realms of:
    This universe (now)
    This universe (time travel, forward and backward)
    Parallel universes

    Between people who are:
    Real
    Imagined
    Living
    Life-After-Death
    Multiple people sharing the same skull

    And that's just with the human characters. Heaven knows what interpsecies liasons will occur.

    Boy did I read too much Heinlein when I was young.

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    1. Re:Same writing style? by kalirion · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wait, are we talking about Piers Anthony now?

    2. Re:Same writing style? by sammy+baby · · Score: 4, Funny
      Heinlein wrote some good stories, but dude, his characters had a habit of fucking anything that moved (or were about to move, or might be moving in an overarching multiverse), and some things that didn't move. Kinda makes me glad I somehow missed his books when I was a teenager. My head probably would have spun off my neck like a top.


      Are you kidding? That's why I was thrilled to find his stuff as a teenager.
  3. Re:Does that mean no sex scenes? by Escherial · · Score: 3, Funny

    But were they having sex scenes?

  4. Re:The Heinlein Paradox... by Maelwryth · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What's the odd of someone screwing up a relationship, going on a bender, and ending up on a starship?"


    They must be fairly low. I've never ended up on a star ship.
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  5. Spider by KingEomer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess that Spider Robinson truly groks Heinlein... Has anyone checked his corpse lately?