Starchild

[billphyl]

Started with Farmer in the Sky as a preteen. Love the classics, Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov. Recently retired, I will pursue scifi again vigorously. Dying to know who wrote a book, author called a new Heinlein, about young teens who are supersmart and survive a global virus, killing all who are not supersmart. The boy is a classical pianist and nurses the girl through a coma. Then they set off on a car built to go on rails, wind up with other survivors and beat the invaders (unless I am mixing two books). I have wondered about this for 10-20 years. HELP!

bill

 

[dwndrgn]

Welcome to the forum! I'm sorry but that story doesn't sound familiar to me at all.

 

[erickad71]

Hello and welcome.
Sorry, I don't know that one either.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

That's not familiar to me either, but it's great to have another fan of the classic sf around! Welcome aboard, Starchild!

 

[The Master™]

Welcome to the board...

Another who likes the classics...

I am just trolling through some of the classics myself...

Recently finished reading the following classics:

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Highly recommended - if a little dated)
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Nova by Samuel R Delany
Eon by Greg Bear (little heavy going)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (bit like the 70's film Omega Man - but a vampire theme)
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Bill, The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison (totally daft, but great for stress relief)
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison

BTW, your story does sound familiar, but can't place why... And I don't think it is familiar as a book, but as a film or TV programme... This is gonna bug me now... I'll do some resource, and get back to you...

 

[dwndrgn]

billphyl, I'm going to move your thread to the Books Discussion forum so that it will be seen by more members. Perhaps someone will know what book you are thinking of and provide some help.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Welcome to the board...

Another who likes the classics...

I am just trolling through some of the classics myself...

Recently finished reading the following classics:

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Highly recommended - if a little dated)
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Nova by Samuel R Delany
Eon by Greg Bear (little heavy going)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (bit like the 70's film Omega Man - but a vampire theme)
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Bill, The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison (totally daft, but great for stress relief)
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison

Whoa neat! Many of those are on my to-read list too! Please feel free to share you impressions of them in more detail, Start a thread, post on an exisitng one or whatever.

Some of the classic reads I have ahead:

Hal Clement: Mission of Gravity
Matheson: I Am Legend
Heinlein: Complete Future History
Larry Niven: Ringworld
Cordwainer Smith: Norstrilia
John W Campbell: The Moon is Hell