Possibly not Heinlein's greatest book
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but my favourite. It's a ripping yarn as only he could write, straight in there with the curmudgeonly attitude and the teenage identification hooks - but so? Brilliance shines out of this story. I read it when I was a wee little boy in the 60's and still enjoy re-visiting it today. RAH wrote more serious, "out there" and meaningful stuff (and I love a lot of it) but this is perhaps the best balanced (along with, maybe, "Tunnel in the Sky") between SF speculation, storytelling and something for every age group.
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superb story telling
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i read this book sometime in the mid eighties. i still remember it all. as a young teen, i connected withthe twins.
i will buy this book to read tomy son now. hopefully he will enjoy it as much as i did.
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One of the very best
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I was shocked to see no reviews for this, possibly one of my favourite books.
It's premise is based on early trips to the stars using ESP between twins for communication. But that is just the smallest part of the story. It explores the effects of Einsteins Relativity within a fantastic story - Pat and Tom, the twins the story centres on have an interesting relationship, where Pat, the dominant twin, gets left behind on Earth, and due to the effects of relativity, ages faster than Tom. The story follows Tom on the voyage of discovery to nearby planets, and his relationship with his brother and the other twins - you will literally live the explorers hopes and fears - and you too will be cheering on Percy the pig! (Now you need to read the story to understand that reference).
This really is a fantastic book that deserves the greatest readership - it's not a long book, but will hugely repay the time you invest in it.
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