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To Sail Beyond the Sunset: The Lives and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Paperback)

by Robert A. Heinlein (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (1 Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747400814
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747400813
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 759,440 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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AN EPIC S.F. NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF THE FIELD AND THE AUTHOR OF "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND". THE NOVEL IS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FLASHBACK FROM A TOUGH SPACE GOING LADY WHO FINDS HERSELF NAKED IN A CYBERNETIC HOTEL ROOM WITH A STIFF AND A TELEPATHIC CAT THAT CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS. SHE TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN BORN BACK IN THE 1890S AND TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP UNDER THE AUSPICIES OF THE HOWARD LEAGUE (A RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERESTED IN LONGEVITY). THE GIRL IS A RADICAL OF THE CONSERVATIVE VARIETY AND A FREE THINKER WHO LEARNS MUCH ABOUT LIFE FROM HER WISE OLD DADDY, A DOCTOR WITH A GOOD LINE IN HOME-SPUN THEORISING. SHE WORKS OUT HER OWN VALUES AND RE-WRITES THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN A WICKEDLY RELEVANT FASHION. ALL SHE LEARNS ABOUT SEX IN ALL ITS VARIETIES. SHE IS PAID BY THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR EVERY BABY. EVEN AT 600 YEARS-OLD SHE IS A TOUGH AND FEISTY OLD BROAD WITH THE BODY OF A 35-YEAR-OLD (SHE HAS BEEN REJUVENATED A FEW TIMES). THERE>>>2 15/2/88-AS OM EDITION: A: 75000 @ $3.50 OR $3.99: 464PP: UC=24P: MAX. IS NOT A LOT OF NARRATIVE BUT THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WISE AND ENTERTAINING OBSERVATION. 7/9/87-OFFSET MJ(COVER ARTWORK SAME AS WELL): 464PP: A: 12000 @ $3.5 0(OM)& 70000 @ $3.50(UK): 30P: MAX

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Fantastic - Buy it now!, 29 May 1999
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This review is from: To Sail Beyond the Sunset: The Lives and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Paperback)
I've read all of Heinlein's books, and this is one of my favourites. It's interesting as a period piece (turn of the century onwards) as well as a fantastic set of memoirs of Maureen Johnson, mother of the infamous Lazarus Long. If you haven't read any of Heinlein's other books, you might find things a little confusing in places, but it's still very readable. If you have read any other books by Heinlein, then what are you waiting for? All (or nearly all) the best characters are in this book. It really wraps everything up nicely.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Heinlein Goes Out In Style, 26 April 2004
This review is from: To Sail Beyond the Sunset: The Lives and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Paperback)
Heinlein sadly died before this book was published, but it is a fittingtribute to The Master. Including characters & ideas from several of hisearlier classics, the main plot (Time-traveller Maureen Johnson beingaccused of murder) is weak, and what happened to the SF? - but the subplotconcerning Maureen's life in the 19th/20th centuries is as fascinating &illuminating as we fans would expect.
Read 'Time Enough For Love' and'The Number of the Beast' before this - it'll make more sense.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, 25 Feb 2009
By Mart (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To Sail beyond the Sunset (Mass Market Paperback)
I certainly enjoyed reading this story from beginning to end about the amazing and adventurous Maureen Johnson and what she gets up to.

The whole spirit of adventure and passion is alive in Heinlein and in this work; and not just for men. Maureen is as extraordinary as Lazarus Long or any other character in the pantheon of Heinlein, although how real she is as a woman is probably best judged by female readers.

I lent my copy to someone and never got this one back, that's the second Heinlein book I lost.

I don't know if this book is perfect or indeed any of the other ones such as Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls and The Number of the Beast, not forgetting Stranger in a Strange Land, perhaps the most wonderful of all; but I can say I enjoyed this one so much it is worth five stars and much as a woman can it appears perfect to my eyes.
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