REVIEWS

“I’d nominate Spider Robinson as the new Robert Heinlein.”—New York Times

“Robinson narrates as well, and a better choice couldn't be made. He's got a pleasant, inviting tone that makes his narration feel like a friend telling you the most incredible story about where he's been the last few years. The novel is full of philosophical insight, exploding things, and space travel. It's everything you could ask for in a visit from an old and dear friend. Spider Robinson is a top-notch narrator, and this audiobook is a whole lot of fun.”—AudioFile

“The trademark Heinlein quips, space-travel motifs…are all here in a faithful, if technologically updated, pastiche of the late master's style and storytelling genius.”—Booklist

“Robert A. Heinlein apparently isn’t really dead. He was obviously standing at the side of Spider Robinson as he wrote this book, guiding his hand. Variable Star will delight the fans of the greatest science-fiction writer who ever lived.”—John Varley, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

“This book is a delight and I love you for doing it. I lover you even more for doing it so damned well. Thank you.”—David Crosby, member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

ROBERT ANSON HEINLEIN (1907–1988) was born in Missouri. He served five years in the U.S. Navy, then attended graduate classes in mathematics and physics at UCLA, took a variety of jobs, and owned a silver mine before beginning to write science fiction in 1939. His novels have won the Hugo Award, and in 1975 he received the first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement.

SPIDER ROBINSON is renowned for his Callahan’s Place series of best-selling novels. With his wife, Jeanne, he has written the Hugo- and Nebula-winning Stardance series. Winner of three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award, he currently resides on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia, and writes a regular editorial column, “Future Tense,” for the Globe and Mail. He is a favorite guest at sci-fi conventions across the United States and Canada.