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Pages : 178
Overall Mark : 9/10
For Dan Davis, unlucky in love and betrayed by his business associates, the immediate future looks dark, and the lure of suspended animation becomes irresistible. When Dan wakes thirty years later, 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 been patented in his name, is. There’s only one thing for it. Dan somehow has to travel back in time to investigate...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907-1988)
Robert A. Heinlein was educated at the University of Missouri and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He served as a naval officer for five years but retired in 1934 due to ill health. He then studied physics at UCLA before beginning to publish SF with ‘Lifeline’ for Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. Among his many novels are The Door into Summer, Double Star, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
VERDICT
This is a fun book, and it’s hard to believe it was written in less than two weeks. There are some obvious inconsistencies in the book, but this doesn’t hinder the storyline in any way. My main problem is the relationship between Dan and Ricky – it’s a little weird and has a slight paedophile undertone, but overall this is a fun romp, filled with noir-like characters, that really delivers on entertainment, even if some of the science is a little slapdash.
