Time for the Stars Author:Robert A. Heinlein ROBERT A. HEINLEIN — ____________________ — "Thousands of trips to the stars take place in science fiction, but none more breathtakingly than this epic 70 year voyage of the space ship Lewis and Clark, seeking new worlds for overpopulated Earth to colonize. Twins, Tom and Pat Bartlett, share the grand adventure in an astonishing way. Scientists ha... more »ve learned that thoughts travel infinitely faster than light, and the twins are telepathic. So Pat remains on Earth while Tom sends back mental messages from Tau Ceti and "Deneb Kaitos, where disaster awaits the pioneer space ship.
"Rarely has Heinlein pushed his imagination further . . . a vivid, stirring experience . . . . "
---Chicago Tribune
"Mature and complex, far above the level of most adult science fiction both in characterization and in scientific thought. TIME FOR THE STARS is one of the best. . . . "