Podkayne of Mars
From the author of Rocket Ship Galileo comes this classic tale featuring the Grand Master of Science Fiction's most remarkable heroine.
From the author of Rocket Ship Galileo comes this classic tale featuring the Grand Master of Science Fiction's most remarkable heroine.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441012985 (0441012981)
Publish date: June 28th 2005
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Survival,
Juvenile,
Sci Fi Fantasy,
Speculative Fiction,
Politics,
Coming Of Age
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...
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...
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...
So it seems Heinlein attempted to write "young adult" (or possibly what the book industry is now calling "new adult") fiction. Our main protagonist, the cheerfully ambitious and optimistic Podkayne Fries, is on her first journey to another planet, leaving her home planet of Mars with her politician...
I have a love/hate relationship with this particular book--really do, making this a very hard one to rate and review. By and large I'm a fan of Robert Heinlein. I love The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers and many of his juveniles, and if it weren't for what seemed the lesson of this one,...
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