Written by Robert A. Heinlein at the apex of his powers, Double Star is in my view one of his best novels. It takes a fairly well-worn plot – the actor who must, for some vitally important reason, impersonate a famous man well enough to fool that man's own associates – puts it IN SPAAAACE!, and adds in some of the most vivid characters Heinlein ever drew to produce an absolute masterpiece.        Lorenzo Smythe ("The Great Lorenzo") is an actor of prodigious skill and talent but, as we can tell by reading between the [ Continue reading... ]