About this title: After running away from home, a boy and his friend, along with a rather odd pet, foil a sinister plot aimed at Martian colonists. This is the third of Heinlein's influential juvenile science fiction novels, and is generally regarded as the first really important one.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780345302779ISBN:034530277X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail (for one book). Older book with edgewear and pages tanning due to age. Still a good reader. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0345340396 This mass market paperback book is in between very good & good condition! ! Some creasing of the spine. Standard signs of wear from reading. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good copy with some light general wear. light edge rubbing on covers. ink mark on back cover. pages clean and unmarked. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A Del Rey Book Pub By Ballantine
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780345260697ISBN:0345260694
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light shelf wear, spine tight, text crisp & clean, no marks, personal library imprint on cover & first two pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345340399ISBN:0345340396
Description: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Reasonable light wear. Clean inside and out. May have bookstore-related stamps/stickers/marks. Multiple copies may be available. SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
"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.
Originally presented in a highly edited format, this version has the author's original story as it was meant to be presented and is interested to read just to learn about the controversy it presented to the editors of the day."
"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. This book was first published in 1949 and is set in some unnamed year in the future. What I found intriguing and jarring was not the overcome-by-time science (intelligent Martians, canals filled with ice, enough air pressure to forgo pressure suits) but rather the communications and entertainment technology that was still stuck in the 40s. Colonists have to wait for Deimos to be in the sky to relay radio signals, because there are no communication satellites. (I guess Arthur Clarke hadn't predicted them yet.) Phones are attached to buildings. The teenagers don't carry their music with them. All of these changes are relatively recent, and yet are so fundamental to how we live today that RAH's future world seems positively primitive. But that's part of the fun of reading old SF: both seeing what was predicted that didn't come true and seeing what did come true that was completely unforeseen. I can simultaneously satisfy the hungry-for-wonder child within meand the somewhat cynical adult I have (somewhat regretfully) become."
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