The Door into Summer
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
A popular and enduring time travel tale by one of science fiction's all-time greats
When Dan Davis is crossed in love and stabbed in the back by his business associates, the immediate future doesn't look too bright for him and Pete, his independent-minded tomcat. Suddenly, the lure of suspended animation, the Long Sleep, becomes irresistible and Dan wakes up 30 years later in the 21st century, a time very much to his liking.
The discovery that the robot household appliances he invented have been mass produced is no surprise, but the realization that, far from having been stolen from him, they have, mysteriously, been patented in his name is. There's only one thing for it. Dan somehow has to travel back in time to investigate.
He may even find Pete ... and the girl he really loves.
Customer Reviews
The Door into summer
A true masterwork of time travel sci-fi, simple in its plotting yet incisive and frighteningly clever in its execution.
Like always when reading Heinlein there is surprise and delight in his grasp of the big ideas and a thrill in the way his prose trips along.
The love affair with a pre-pubescent paramour feels icky and dated and the obvious misogyny projected on to his women characters and the longing for tomcat like freedom aside, it is undoubtedly worth a read for any fan of the genre.