The Star Beast

Name: The Star Beast
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN: 9781504676298

Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 12/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A compelling coming-of-age adventure from legendary SF master and multiple New York Times bestseller Robert A. HeinleinLummox has been the pet of the Stuart family for generations. With eight legs, a thick hide, and increasingly large size, Lummox is nobody’s idea of man’s best friend. Nevertheless, John Stuart XI, descendant of the starman who originally brought Lummox back to Earth, loves him. But when Lummox eats a neighbor’s car and begins to grow again, the feds decide that enough is enough. John isn’t about to let the authorities take his pet away, and with his best friend, Betty, he determines to save Lummox—even if he must forever leave the life he’s always known.

About Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988) took a variety of jobs before beginning to write science fiction in 1939. He became the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. He won science fiction’s Hugo Award for best novel seven times, and several of his books were New York Times bestsellers. In 1975 he received the first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on April 20, 2022

Despite its juvenile status, I’m glad I didn’t read this novel as a child. It’s not that there’s anything in it that is particularly objectionable to children, I just really don’t think I would have appreciated it in the slightest. From the basic plot description, one could easily think this was a c......more

Goodreads review by Велислав on February 16, 2025

4.5 ⭐️ „Звездният звяр“ е страшно симпатична и смислена фантастика! Чрез динамичната и вълнуваща история за приятелството между момче и извънземно същество, Хайнлайн умело критикува различни човешки предразсъдъци... „Законът е такъв, какъвто успееш да го изкараш пред съда.“ „Мога ли да ви кажа, без да......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on December 07, 2021

3.5/5 stars. This is the best thing I've read by Robert Heinlein, but it is by far not the best book I've read. The Star Beast is set in the far future. John Thomas Stuart XI, or simply John Thomas or Johnnie, is between the last year of high school and the first year of college. He has taken up the d......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on November 17, 2023

Early Heinlein. One of his best Juveniles. I don't know if it really counts to say there's spoilers here when it's so damn old, but I'm very amused by how it turned out. Sure, we have a very old but very childlike alien beast that has been passed down for ten generations of this starfaring family. Wh......more

Goodreads review by Xan on February 18, 2018

Tenía este libro aparcado en el lector y decidí echarle un vistazo aprovechando una noche de sábado tranquila. Al terminar el primer párrafo recordé que lo había leído hace un millón de años, cuando aún era joven y todo me sorprendía. En otro momento lo habría dejado y buscado algún libro que no hub......more

Quotes

“Written with [Heinlein’s] usual deftness and fine sense of humor.” New York Times