Time For The Stars

Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1956. In the novel, the Longrange Foundation is testing twins for telepathic ability, so they can help spaceships communicate over interstellar distances. Near-lightspeed travel is possible. Faster-than-lightspeed travel is not, but telepathy is apparently instantaneous, making it the only way for ships to communicate back to Earth when they arrive at star systems tens of light years away. A young man with a telepathic bond with his twin signs on as crew, leaving his twin behind on Earth to allow the ship to communicate. Also on the journey is his uncle (a military man). The trip is fraught with problems as trivial as an annoying roommate and as serious as mutiny.

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