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Title: The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0345330129 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81
Rating: 5
Summary: Should have won a Hugo
Comment: This brilliantly realized tale is Heinlein's third-best novel (after THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS and STARSHIP TROOPERS, and ahead of DOUBLE STAR). And it's one of VERY few early Heinlein novels that stands the test of time.
It's not hard to see why. The plot itself is ingenious (I won't spoil it; read the other reviews if you want more information) and the characters are well-drawn (including and especially the cat, Petronius the Arbiter). And Heinlein isn't riding any of his hobby-horses; he's simply telling a story - which, Lord knows, he could do when he tried, even if he didn't try often enough.
Skip his later novels unless you want to watch a bunch of red-headed geniuses having sex with all their relatives. As of FARNHAM'S FREEHOLD and STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, something very odd and disturbing began to creep into Heinlein's work - something that eventually took over his novels at the expense of what had once been good storytelling.
But in DOOR, you'll meet Heinlein at his finest. Or close to it, anyway; read the four books I've listed and you'll have read the best he has to offer.
Rating: 5
Summary: science fiction at its very best...
Comment: Actually I would rate this book a 10... I found this book to be one of Heinlein's best... This story uses time travel which is a concept I find personally interesting and intriguing.. This book also had strongly developed characters which you either loved or hated.. Heinlein tells this story so well I was surprised it did not win a Hugo award unlike his story "A moon is a harsh mistress" which I found not as enjoyable as this book.. If you like science fiction then you are going to love this book.. This book is interesting as it was written in 1957 and time travel was not a concept that was thought of much. The story takes place in the 70's where you meet our main character Daniel Boon Davis, Creator of Hired girl Inc. Daniel is a great inventor but a lousy business man who unfortunately partners up with a man named Miles who you think is Daniel's friend.. Little does Daniel know that Miles is teaming up with Daniel's fiance Belle and together they ruin him financially, spiritually and mentally... They also trick him to go into deep sleep where he will be out of their hair.. Little does Miles and Betty know that Daniel is awakened in the distant future of 2001 where time travel is invented and now possible.. So Daniel goes back to the 1970's and fixes the errors that Belle and Miles have caused him... If you like cats I shouldn't forget to mention Daniel's feline companion Petronius... He was Daniel's cat, partner and co-conspirator that had a helping hand with Daniel vindicating the life that his so called friends ruined..
Rating: 5
Summary: Quick, excellent read
Comment: I have never read Heinlein before, and this book was great. I am a big SF fan and the theory of time travel interests me. I first heard of the book when one of my classmates did a book project on it. The book begins in 1970. In the middle, it takes place in 2000-2001, comes back to 1970 and ends in 2001. The book's main character is Daniel Boone Davis. He is an aspiring inventor and is a founder of "Hired Girl, Inc." He owns a cat named Petronius the Arbiter. He is not a good business man, so his partner Miles Gentry is in charge of business. Somewhere along the lines they pick up a beutiful secretary, Belle Darkin, who become Dan's fiance. The betray him and get married, steal his inventions, and kick him out of the company. They drug him silly and trick him into taking "Cold Sleep", where he's cryogenicly frozen and asleep. Little do Belle and Miles know that the people of the year 2000 are capable of time travel I would definetly recommend this book to SF lovers around. Thanks.
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Title: Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0345353730 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0345342445 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0312863551 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Have Spacesuit Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0345324412 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein ISBN: 0345340396 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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