Journal Entry 1 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Friday, June 08, 2007

Travel to other planets is a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity to find habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent. With no time to wait years for communication between slower-than-light spaceships and home, the Long Range Foundation explores an unlikely solution: human telepathy. Identical twins Tom and Pat are enlisted to be the human radios that will keep the ships in contact with Earth. The only problem is that one of them has to stay behind, and that one will grow old while the other explores the depths of space. 

Journal Entry 2 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Monday, August 27, 2007

this was by far my favourite Heinlein (and one of my favourite books ever at the time) when I first read his so-called "juveniles" as a kid.

I haven't read it in more than 20 years so I don't know how it holds up, but there's room for this second copy in the You've Gotta Read This Bookbag 

Journal Entry 3 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Monday, September 03, 2007

Another fabulous Heinlein which I havn't read for years either ... look forward to reading it again , thanks freelunch. 

Journal Entry 4 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Sunday, March 30, 2008

Loved it as much as remembered, but felt this time that the ending was a bit rushed. I will now reserve it for the VBB. I know there are quite a few Heinlein fans on the list. 

Journal Entry 5 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Friday, April 04, 2008

Offering up on Aus VBB 

Journal Entry 6 by BellaMack at Oz VBB in Australia Post, Virtual Bookbox OZ -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, April 13, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (4/6/2008 UTC) at Oz VBB in Australia Post, Virtual Bookbox OZ -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 7 by KLL from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Arrived in a beautifully wrapped package today. Thanks!! 

Journal Entry 8 by KLL from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, November 22, 2008

Aside from some niggling sexism, I really loved this book. It is (as far as I know), only the second Heinlein book I've read. The first being 'The Puppet Masters', which actually has some signficance for me as being the first SF book I remember reading. I was about 8 years old and didn't realise it was SF at the time - it was just another book to me :-) Compared to what I remember of 'The Puppet Masters' (which I have read more than once, though not for a very long time), 'Time for the Stars' seems like a much more hopeful and positive book. I did wonder if TFTS was one of his earlier works, and he got more cynical as he got older. However, it seems that TPM was actually written first, about 5 years earlier than TFTS.

I agree with BellaMack that the ending did feel a bit rushed, although in a way this was kind of appropriate. Time on the 'Lewis and Clarke' is skewed compared to Earth anyway and Tom has to keep reconciling his time to Pat's on Earth. The final time shift just highlights that further. Finally, I *loved* the fact that Heinlein used the twin paradox - I remember learning about it in high school - I had a soft sport for relativity :-) 

Journal Entry 9 by KLL from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, November 30, 2008

This is now packed up to send to girlybug as part of the VBBOz. Enjoy!!

 

Journal Entry 10 by Girlybug from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Received from KLL as part of the Oz Virtual Book Box - thank you! 

Journal Entry 11 by Girlybug from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Not one of his best, but still enjoyable.