To Sail beyond the Sunset, Robert A. Heinlein
To Sail beyond the Sunset, Robert A. Heinlein
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To Sail beyond the Sunset
The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)

Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 17 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Maureen Johnson, the somewhat irregular mother of Lazarus Long, wakes up in bed with a man and a cat. The cat is Pixel, wellknown to fans of the New York Times bestseller The Cat Who Walks through Walls. The man is a stranger to her, and besides that, he is dead. So begins Robert A. Heinleins To Sail beyond the Sunset. Filled with the masters most beloved characters, this compelling work broadens and enriches his epic vision of time and space, life and death, love and desire. It is also an autobiographical masterpieceand a wondrous return to the alternate universes that all Heinlein fans have come to know and love.

About Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read and loved at least one Heinlein novel). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit — Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert J.

"To Sail Beyond the Sunset The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)" Robert A. Heinlein was one of my first discoveries in science fiction once I moved beyond Tom Swift, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs, along with Isaac Asimov, Keith Laum......more

Goodreads review by Megan

I find reading Heinlein to be such a strange experience. His books are always fun, even this strange "world as fiction" stuff he gets further and further into later in his career. They're enjoyable. I reread them ad nauseam. Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Good......more

Goodreads review by Starch

DNF 43%. tl;dr: The problem is not that there's incest, but that this book reads like an incest fantasy with little else to it, and that the character writing is one of Heinlein's worst. It's not a bad book. In most respects it's a usual Heinlein book, with the usual Heinlein caveats. Only this one ta......more

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