Time For the Stars

by Heinlein, Robert

Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.

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Time for the Stars

Time for the Stars

by Heinlein, Robert

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1956
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New Yor: Scribner And Sons, 1956. First Edition, First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing With A-8.56 On Copyright Page. Nice Copy, Slight Rubbing, Spine Ends Of Book Bumped. Near Fine Dust Jacket Has Proper (First Issue) $2.75 Price.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1956. A bright copy First edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket with the $2.75 price intact. Heinlein's novel is based on the "twin paradox" thought experiment proposed by physicist Paul Langevin: it tells the story of twin brothers, one of whom travels in space in a high-speed "torchship", returning to Earth… Read more about this item
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TIME FOR THE STARS

TIME FOR THE STARS

by Heinlein, Robert

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1990
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Hardcover
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9780684192116
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Time For The Stars

by Robert Heinlein

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1973
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by Robert Heinlein

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1956
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Scribner, New York, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Time for the Stars, New York: Scribner, 1956. Octavo, first edition with Scribner's A-8.56 [v] on copyright page, pp. 244, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at extremities,… Read more about this item
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by Heinlein, Robert A.

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1956
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TIME FOR THE STARS, Scribners, 1956, first edition, some soiling to the covers and the spine (as one might cause from reading the book without the dust-wrapper on), else a tight vg copy in a near vg dust-wrapper save for some chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and other light wear and tear.
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1990
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TIME FOR THE STARS, Scribners, 1956, first edition (second printing), a bright, tight vg+ copy. This copy published in 1957. Illustrated.
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1956
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TIME FOR THE STARS, Scribners, 1956, first edition, vg+/near fine in bright vg dust-wrapper with some light fraying to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Bookplate of 2 time HUGO winner George Laskowski on the f.p.d.
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by Robert Heinlein

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1990
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by Heinlein, Robert

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by Heinlein,Robert

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1978
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by Robert Heinlein

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1990
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TIME FOR THE STARS

TIME FOR THE STARS

by Heinlein Robert

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