Time for the Stars
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Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1956.
In the novel, the Longrange Foundation is testing twins for telepathic ability, so they can help spaceships communicate over interstellar distances. Near-lightspeed travel is possible. Faster-than-lightspeed travel is not, but telepathy is apparently instantaneous, making it the only way for ships to communicate back to Earth when they arrive at star systems tens of light years away.
A young man with a telepathic bond with his twin signs on as crew, leaving his twin behind on Earth to allow the ship to communicate. Also on the journey is his uncle (a military man). The trip is fraught with problems as trivial as an annoying roommate and as serious as mutiny.
Editions
- July 12, 1980, Del Rey, paperback, ISBN 0345293894
- September 12, 1981, Del Rey, paperback, ISBN 0345301862
- November 12, 1984, Del Rey, paperback, ISBN 0345323858
- July 12, 1987, Del Rey, paperback reissue edition, ISBN 0345351916
- October 1990, Scribner, library binding, ISBN 0684151634
- October 1, 1990, Atheneum, library binding reissue edition, ISBN 068419211Xfr:L'Âge des étoiles