The Door into Summer - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published June 17, 1997 by Del Rey.

ISBN:: 978-0-345-41399-4
OCLC Number:: 37184165

(5 reviews)

Electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success just within reach, Dan's greedy partner and greedier fiancée trick him into taking the long sleep--suspended animation for thirty years. They never imagine that the future time in which Dan will awaken has mastered time travel, giving him a way to get back to them--and at them .

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Sean Randall reviewed The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein

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4 stars

"suicide is such a final experiment, even if the circumstances are mathematically intriguing"

It saddens me that I am now very close to having read everything heinlein ever published. One day there'll be no more.

I think I agree with Floyd C. Gale's analysis, "Heinlein paints a detailed picture of both civilizations, so evocative that 1970 emerges clearly in the reader's mind as the old days,
and pretty primitive at that". It's a fast, fun, tinkery story, and although the romantic aspect gave me pause for thought, it does seem silly not to acknowledge that custom more than anything else dictates sexual relationships and of course Bob's a man for pushing at any boundary when he gets his eyes on it. If you are a Heinlein fan I don't think you'll be disappointed.