Cover of The Door into Summer
Time TravelSamurai & Feudal Japan

The Door into Summer

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  • 1957 first published
  • 192 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (19 ratings)
  • 50 editions
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Published in 1957, The Door into Summer is a time-travel fiction and feudal-Japan fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It takes readers to Connecticut in 1970. Characters include Rikki-tikki-tavi. It deals with Cold Sleep, Hired Girl Inc, time Travel and artificial hibernation.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, and 136 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 50 editions across 9 languages.

It runs to roughly 192 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Door into Summer

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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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Rikki-tikki-tavi

Subjects

  • American Science fiction
  • Cold Sleep
  • Hired Girl Inc
  • Science fiction
  • Time Travel
  • Artificial hibernation
  • Twenty-first century
  • Congresses
  • Human rights
  • International law and human rights
  • Pan-American treaties and conventions
  • American Convention on Human Rights
  • American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 November 22

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Quick answers

Who wrote The Door into Summer?

The Door into Summer was written by Robert A. Heinlein and first published in 1957.

What genre is The Door into Summer?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Samurai & Feudal Japan.

How long is The Door into Summer?

The median edition has 192 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Door into Summer?

Readers who like it often enjoy Night of the Ninjas, Dragon of the Red Dawn and Il Segreto Dei Tre Samurai.

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