Farmer in the Sky
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345275967 (0345275969)
Publish date: March 12th 1978
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Space,
Speculative Fiction
This is one of Heinlein's juveniles, that is, one that was centered on and marketed towards teens. On an Earth where the food ration has once again been cut, a teenaged Bill and his father decide to become farmers--on Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons--where food is plentiful. The book was originally...
Started listening to it, then after the bad recording I finished it on the Nook. Nice descriptions of basic farming; wish we were closer to settling another body in space :(
A nice little story about a boy who leaves his home to live on a new plant with his father. It's not the best in the world but good for some light reading.
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