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Podkayne of Mars - Robert A. Heinlein
Podkayne of Mars
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Meet Podkayne Fries, a thoroughly Martian Ms. who thinks that Earth is not really fit for habitation and that humanity evolved on the now-exploded Fifth Planet Paddy has one goal in life; to be the first female starship captain. She has her strategy all scoped out, and with her determination,... show more
Meet Podkayne Fries, a thoroughly Martian Ms. who thinks that Earth is not really fit for habitation and that humanity evolved on the now-exploded Fifth Planet Paddy has one goal in life; to be the first female starship captain. She has her strategy all scoped out, and with her determination, looks and I.Q. she'll get there, never you doubt! But all work and no play would make Poddy a Dull Girl, so when a chance comes her way to travel to distant Earth to Venus with her elderly uncle, Paddy jumps at it, even if it does mean having her loathsome little brother along for the trip. Travel, Adventure, the chance to cuddle up (in a nice way) with real spaceship officers and ruthlessly pump their brains--she'll have it all!What Poddy doesn't know is that "Unca Tom" is more than her warmly supportive relative: he is also the Ambassador Plenipotentiary from Mars to the Three-Planets Conference (traveling not quite incognito enough) and that certain parties will stop at nothing to gain control of his vote -including kidnapping and doing terrible things to sweetly innocent Poddy Fries....
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Tannat
Tannat rated it
1.0 Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein
Well, I stopped short of wanting to throw the book across the room but overall it was a disappointment. And a lot of stuff with the bomb just doesn’t make sense to me. It started out promisingly enough, and I thought Poddy’s (Podkayne’s) jocular tone was fun at first. Her mother is even a big shot...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it
3.0 Sexual Mores: "Podkayne of Mars" by Robert A. Heinlein
(Original Review, 1980-08-06)I was not a Heinlein fan before. I've probably read most of his work, but there are only 3 of his books I've kept to enjoy reading again. I've kept more than 3 of a LOT of other authors, such as Leinster, McCaffrey, Dickson, James White, and even Philip E. High. Nor did ...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it
3.5 Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne of Mars belongs to the period where Heinlein was transitioning from juvenalia to his more adult books. I've always preferred Heinlein's works for younger readers, especially the ones which are transitionary, such as Tunnel in the Sky or Starship Troopers.Readers might react to this book as...
William's Book Blog
William's Book Blog rated it
3.5 Poddy and Me
It's possibly half a lifetime since I last read this book, an old edition with the upbeat ending forced on Heinlein by his publisher. I didn't realise quite how deeply this book had sunk into my hindbrain. Re-reading it after at least two decades, I can see its footprints all over my writing, and...
William's Book Blog
William's Book Blog rated it
3.0 Podkayne of Mars
Poddy and MeIt's possibly half a lifetime since I last read this book, an old edition with the upbeat ending forced on Heinlein by his publisher. I didn't realise quite how deeply this book had sunk into my hindbrain. Re-reading it after at least two decades, I can see its footprints all over my wri...
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