1956 Scribner Juvenile Charles Scribner's Sons

Time for the Stars

Classic relativistic journey

Narrative Synopsis

To overcome the light-speed barrier in interstellar communications, the Long Range Foundation pairs telepathic identical twins: one twin travels aboard relativistic exploration torchships while the other remains on Earth to relay real-time transmissions, forcing the traveler to age mere years while their Earthbound twin grows old and dies.

Time is the one commodity that cannot be traded, banked, or recalled.
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Historical & Editorial Context

Written with technical consultation from renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Robert S. Richardson.