Variable Star Book Review

Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I happened across this at the local library while waiting. My first thought when I saw it was, "When did RAH do a collaboration?" The answer, "Apparently after he passed away."

Reading this was like reading a "new" book from the master, Heinlein himself. Spider Robinson did an excellent job of capturing the voice of RAH. If I had to place this in the RAH timeline of writings, I would set in the era of Friday.

The novel has the general feel of RAH's juvenile works, but with a heavy helping of subject matters that he didn't introduce until much later in career.

Unfortunately, I have never had a chance to read any of Spider's works, but I think at this point I'm going to have to track some down and give them a good read through.

If you are a Heinlein fan, then I strongly recommend this for you.

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