Double Star

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Double Star is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows an out-of-work actor hired to impersonate a prominent politician in a complex interplanetary political scheme.

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instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
author Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED
awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
awardYear 1956
centralTheme identity
performance
political impersonation
politics
containsElement conspiracy
disguise
interplanetary politics
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1956
genre science fiction
hasAdaptation radio adaptation
hasAlternateTitle Double Star (novel) NERFINISHED
hasCoverArtist Ed Emshwiller NERFINISHED
hasFormat audiobook
ebook
hardcover
paperback
hasInfluenceOn later political science fiction works
hasISBN 978-0-345-31540-2
hasPageCount about 192 pages
hasSubject actors
politicians
space travel
isStandalone true
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Golden Age science fiction NERFINISHED
mainCharacter John Joseph Bonforte NERFINISHED
Lorenzo Smythe NERFINISHED
medium print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor portrayal of political process in a spacefaring future
originalPublisher Doubleday NERFINISHED
partOf Robert A. Heinlein bibliography NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation actor
publisherCountry United States NERFINISHED
setting Luna
Mars NERFINISHED
Solar System NERFINISHED
subgenre political science fiction
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfStory future

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Robert A. Heinlein notableWork Double Star