Did I mention I'm slightly biased when it comes to Robert Heinlein? No? Well I find him to be an amiable author of moderate skill. In other words, I absolutely love his work. Introducing Variable Star, that is not quite all Heinlein. Spider Robinson took the extremely detailed outline of Heinlein's (written before his death and set aside to work on other projects). A story of a young man, who has loved, and lost, and decided to leave his life behind to pioneer with 200 others on a distant uninhabited planet.
Tragedy. What is the big boom that crumbles you Joel (our vivacious musician who narrates our story) and others' lives? I won't tell you. Read the book to know what happens. After all, it is quite good.
This book was not written for adolescents, you will not find it in the young adult's section at a book store. Yet, I was reading Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love when I was sixteen or seventeen and in those tomes, Heinlein truly shows his dirty-old-man colors. Hence I name this adolescent lit. So there Barnes and Noble.
Ultimately since I'm quite fond of Robert Heinlein, I now proclaim this wonderful book that adolescents would truly enjoy (hello, read the first sentence), to be a 5 out of 5 stars. Wow! Surprising!
Until next book dear readers.
Heinlein, Robert A., and Spider Robinson. Variable Star. New York: Tor, 2006. Print.
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