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  <title><![CDATA[Red Planet]]></title>
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  <default_description>Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--or destroy--them all!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1949</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert A. Heinlein]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of Heinlein's early YA books, it's about 2 young boys who wind up on an adventure on Mars.  This is a Mars with water (frozen) in its canals, oxygen, but not enough for a human to breath unassisted.  So if you like your SF with the latest science in place, this isn't for you. <br/><br/>Heinlie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11636503">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[1949 science fiction adventure from one of the era's most prominent writers. Red Planet is a lot of fun to read--although not really full of the kind of realistic &quot;hard&quot; science that made Kim Stanley Robinson's landmark Mars trilogy or other recent releases. This, like a lot of sci-fi from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43341145">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 15 17:50:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 15 17:50:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Plot summary:<br/>young Jim Marlowe is part of the first Martian colony administered by a private company. He has a pet &quot;bouncer&quot; named Willis, who's a three eyed ball that can reproduce anything he hears. Jim, his friend Frank &amp; Willis take the canal-shuttle to their boarding school at t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56229497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62155340">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I became a school librarian (about 50 years ago), I had to do a lot of reading to prepare book talks for the older children (grades 4 - 8).  One of the first science fiction books I read, perhaps even the first, was Heinlein's The Red Planet.  The only thing I remembered beside the title was a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62155340">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65165554">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>I never read any of the Heinlein juveniles when I was growing up (that I recall, anyway).  And not many Heinlein books are available as e-books.  But this one was, so I plunged in with relish.  I wasn't disappointed, because it was exactly what I had always heard RAH's juvenile works described as.</p><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65165554">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58220351">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quaint, young-adult, Sci-Fi from Heinlein.  Some of the 1950s social viewpoints would be offensively chauvinistic if they weren't so ridiculous.  In the future, we've evidently developed the technology to colonize Mars, yet women are still expected (and happy) to stay inside the bio-domes washing an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58220351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75659144">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of Heinlein's young adult books, this one deals with libertarian ideas as an overly authoritarian headmaster clashes with the wild-western philosophy of early Martian colonists.  Its a quick and fun read, even if it presents its ideas with a bit of a heavy hand.<br/><br/>Originally presented i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75659144">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54181396">
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  <read_at>Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun science fiction ride. A young boy stumbles over a plot against the colonists on Mars and risks life and limb to warn them. With the help of his Martian friends along the way they fight for Mars independence. The plot line was very straight forward and relatively simple which made it t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54181396">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54441526">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the recording seems kinda silly, but the story is good and by the end the voices and stuff didn't seem weird anymore, it could be the full cast...i am so used to having one person doing all the voices.]]></body>
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    <review id="78918337">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice Full Cast Audio production.  Fun young adult story about a kid on mars with a strange pet.  Turns into a revolution story that wraps up with a lot of info dumping.  Fun little 7 hour ride though.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="46201059">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice story, if it doesn't grab you at the start give it a little time, it gets better and surprises you with how engaged you become. ]]></body>
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    <review id="64257641">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fun book to read. It ties into Stranger in a Strange Land which I also enjoyed very much. ]]></body>
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    <review id="53760549">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the first science fiction books I read...thanks Dad. I've been hooked for over 30 years now. ]]></body>
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    <review id="60961620">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice sci-fi with the usual libertarian/frontier themes.]]></body>
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    <review id="57354076">
    <user id="87621">
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A sweet little classic science fiction breeze. And no smut.]]></body>
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    <review id="48710985">
    <user id="2012468">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[im starting to like this book know]]></body>
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    <review id="45366324">
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    <body><![CDATA[Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein (1949)]]></body>
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    <review id="9532858">
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    <name><![CDATA[elissa]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this as a child, but didn't remember a whole lot about it until I re-read it with my older son (when he was in 4th gr) and my husband for an online book group of ours.  It's an interesting late 40's look at what we thought about Mars.  I love the big cabbage and the ideas Heinlein had about M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9532858">more...</a>]]></body>
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