Variable Star
eBook - ePub

Variable Star

A Novel

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Variable Star

A Novel

About this book

The unfinished sci-fi masterpiece by the author of Stranger in a Strange Land—completed by the Hugo Award–winning author of The Stardance Trilogy.
Joel Johnston has found the love of his life in Jinny Hamilton. Life would be perfect if only he earned enough money to support a family. But now that Jinny knows his love is true, she reveals an incredible secret: she is really Jinny Conrad, granddaughter of Richard Conrad, the wealthiest man in the solar system. And now that Joel proven his love for Jinny, her family has a plan for him.
Joel is to be groomed for a place in the vast Conrad empire and sire a dynasty to carry on the family business. Most men would jump at the opportunity. But to Jinny's surprise, and even his own, Joel turns down her generous offer and sets off on the mother of all benders.
When he wakes up on a colony ship heading into space, he decides it's time to forget Jinny and make a life among the stars. But his plans—and the plans of billions of others—are shattered by a cosmic cataclysm so devastating it will take all of humanity's strength and ingenuity just to survive.
When an outline for Variable Star was found among Robert A. Heinlein's papers, Spider Robinson was commissioned to complete the novel. The result is a thrilling new work of science fiction from two of the genre's greatest minds.

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Yes, you can access Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein,Spider Robinson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Science Fiction. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Tor Books
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780765313126
eBook ISBN
9781429983457

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Editor’s Preface
  7. Chapter 1
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Chapter 3
  10. Chapter 4
  11. Chapter 5
  12. Chapter 6
  13. Chapter 7
  14. Chapter 8
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Chapter 13
  20. Chapter 14
  21. Chapter 15
  22. Chapter 16
  23. Chapter 17
  24. Chapter 18
  25. Chapter 19
  26. Chapter 20
  27. Chapter 21
  28. Chapter 22
  29. Afterword
  30. Books by Robert A. Heinlein
  31. Copyright