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This is an early SF by Heinlein, way back in 1950. He tackles colonialism, as if Ganymede could handle farms, and handles the homesteading question from a YA kind of novel.
It may be slightly dated, and this damn cocky kid has RAH's trademark DIY attitude, which is fine, but the novel IS a part of its time. It's basically reflection of Boy Scouts and coming to grips with population pressures, but for as simple as this sounds, it's still a solid SF. Small town, frontier cowboy ethics IS rat ...more
This is an early SF by Heinlein, way back in 1950. He tackles colonialism, as if Ganymede could handle farms, and handles the homesteading question from a YA kind of novel.
It may be slightly dated, and this damn cocky kid has RAH's trademark DIY attitude, which is fine, but the novel IS a part of its time. It's basically reflection of Boy Scouts and coming to grips with population pressures, but for as simple as this sounds, it's still a solid SF. Small town, frontier cowboy ethics IS rat ...more
Oct 13, 2010
Jeff Stockett
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It's been a long time since I read a book by Robert A. Heinlein, and this book reminded me why I enjoy his books so much.
It was a fun adventure about a young boy in the future who wants to leave the overcrowded polluted planet called Earth to live in the new frontier. He joins a group of pioneers who are colonizing Ganymede (Jupiter's 3rd moon). I often feel like he does, wanting to get away from people and commune with some undeveloped nature. I'm just glad there's still plenty of it on our pla ...more
It was a fun adventure about a young boy in the future who wants to leave the overcrowded polluted planet called Earth to live in the new frontier. He joins a group of pioneers who are colonizing Ganymede (Jupiter's 3rd moon). I often feel like he does, wanting to get away from people and commune with some undeveloped nature. I'm just glad there's still plenty of it on our pla ...more
