Starman Jones
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Read in May, 2007
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Max Jones stows away aboard a starship after his stepmother marries a jerk and makes life intolerable for him in their rustic Ozark home. But Max has something amazing--an eidetic memory. His uncle let him read the astrogators manuals, and he has ever word, every chart, every table, perfectly stored in his memory.
But when the Astrogator has an unexpected heart attack after a "jump", and the Captain and Acting Astrogator Simes (one of Heinlein...more
Max Jones stows away aboard a starship after his stepmother marries a jerk and makes life intolerable for him in their rustic Ozark home. But Max has something amazing--an eidetic memory. His uncle let him read the astrogators manuals, and he has ever word, every chart, every table, perfectly stored in his memory.
But when the Astrogator has an unexpected heart attack after a "jump", and the Captain and Acting Astrogator Simes (one of Heinlein...more
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Read in June, 2008
Science fiction. A desperate young man snags a job on a space ship with plans of jumping ship elsewhere. Friendship, integrity, adventure. Good book.
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A simple and charmingly dated yarn that evinces Heinlein's favourite themes of personal development and the harshness of the Universe.
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Read in April, 2008
A pretty breezy sci-fi read. Really good build-up, but the ending seemed a little hurried. Definitely enjoyable, however.
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