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Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
reviewed by Greg L. Johnson
This is not the most famous of Robert A. Heinlein's juvenile novels, that honor goes to Starship Troopers or possibly Citizen of the Galaxy. But it is a good example of just how Heinlein took the artistry that made him the most influential writer of science fiction in the twentieth century and stripped it down to meet the needs of its intended audience -- teenage boys.

Close To My Heart: Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
a review by Rodger Turner
All Jim Marlowe wants is to leave for school. As a colonist on Mars, that can be a bit of trial. He has to travel to the other side of the planet via the ice canal schooners. He is packed, his Martian "bouncer" Willis is frolicking about and mimicking those conversations around him. His Mom is weepy, his dad is proud to see him off. Jim is glad to be getting a chance to further his studies while his family is planning their annual migration to another sector.

Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
reviewed by Peter D. Tillman
This novel has long been one of Peter's two favorite Robert A. Heinlein novels. He cheerfully volunteered to review this new edition. Well, there's always a risk in revisiting an old favorite, especially for a critical reading....

For Us, the Living by Robert A. Heinlein
reviewed by Cindy Lynn Speer
Naval Airman Perry Nelson, trying to avoid an oncoming car, crashes through a guardrail in 1939. He hits his head, and when he really wakes up he's no longer laying on the beach, but naked in a soft bed. The young woman who helped him takes off her parka and she is naked, as well. It's only when he explains to her what happened, and her confusion over the idea of a tire blowing out that the two realize the truth. Somehow Perry's be transported to the year 2086.

The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
reviewed by Rich Horton
The book opens in 1970, a few years after a nuclear war. Dan Davis is a successful inventor. His main product is an automated "cleaning lady" called Hired Girl. He's got a booming new company, run by his good friend Miles Gentry, and the company secretary, the beautiful Belle Darkin, is engaged to marry him. He is owned by a nice cat called Petronius Arbiter, and he has another great friend in Miles' 11-year-old stepdaughter Frederica. He has just finished designing an even better machine: an all-purpose automaton called Flexible Frank. Could life be any better?

Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
reviewed by Greg L. Johnson
This is the prototypical multi-generation starship story. Most inhabitants of the Ship have forgotten that it is a ship; to them it is the world. They live the simple lives of farmers, and worry only about the occasional radiation problems and the ever-threatening muties. Their only history is a mostly mythic oral tradition of a past fall from grace, when the Ship moved. Then Hugh Hoyland is kidnapped by Joe-Jim Gregory and begins to learn the truth.

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