![]() ![]() My next Heinlein’s juvenile will be Starman Jones. After a few months there they move on to the outer planets. Enjoyable, but very light. The family decides to pull up stakes and head of to Mars. He and his works continue to have an impact on modern culture generally along with influencing science-fiction to date. His works often emphasize the value of critical thinking. The Stone family lives on Luna, the father is a writer of radio adventure serials, mother is a medical doctor, grandmother is a scientist (retired), the three kids, all sharp as tacks, do great in school and have had success and with inventions. Robert Anson Heinlein was an American author who is credited with popularising the science fiction genre. I’m thinking of Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons, or Ozzie and Harriet. That sort of thing. ![]() The interaction within the family reminded me a lot of what we might experience in a late 1950s – early 1960s family comedy. This time I discovered The Rolling Stones didn’t stand up as well as those other books. Naturally, I read this when I was a teenager, and as far as I recalled it was just as good as all his other “juveniles. Since I read Heinlein’s Space Cadet and Have Space Suit, Will Travel not too long ago – well, in the last few years, – I picked this one. Now? Who knows who the “big three” would be, if such even exists. ![]() At least they were the big three when I was reading a lot of SF when I was in high school and college. No, it’s not forgotten, none of Heinlein’s juvenile SF novels are, really, but I recommend them, some more, some less, so here we go.įor a break from reading mysteries, I was in the mood for an oldie by one of the “big three”, Asimov, Clarke or Heinlein. ![]()
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