Robert A. Heinlein
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 3.8 | 8891 Users | 342 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Red Planet |
| ISBN: | 0345493184 (ISBN13: 9780345493187) |
| Characters: | Jim Marlow, Willis the Bouncer, Doc MacRae, Francis "Frank" Sutton, Gekko, Headmaster Howe, Mr. Beecher |
| Setting: | Mars |
| Literary Awards: | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (1996) |
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This was, hands down, my favorite Heinlein book as a teen. I read it at least 4 or 5 times. I really need to read it again as an adult, but Heinlein ... always an iffy proposition. Though this is one of his early juvie novels, so it's safer than, say, Time Enough for Love. Two teenage boys, part of the human colonies on Mars, are sent away to boarding school in the biggest city on Mars. In between getting into trouble with the new, insanely strict headmaster, they find out about a plot that could endanger both humans and the native Martians. It’s up to these two boys to save their hometown and their Martian friend from the nefarious forces of evil. Heinlein is especially imaginative here, with the unique Martian civilization and the realistic (at least for the time) details about humans trying to survive in the hostile environment of Mars. There's a pretty heavy gun ownership rights theme running through this book that may irk some readers, the sexual roles are straight from the 1950s (Red Planet was written in 1949, so understandable enough), people in authority tend to be corrupt and/or incompetent, and you have to be able to suspend disbelief in light of what we now know about life on Mars. Other than that, it's a rockin' story! But no matter what, I will always adore Willis the Martian with my entire heart and soul.
Sing ¿Quién es la Señorita? one more time, Willis!Itemize Appertaining To Books Red Planet (Heinlein's Juveniles, #3)
| Title | : | Red Planet (Heinlein's Juveniles, #3) |
| Author | : | Robert A. Heinlein |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2006 by Del Rey (first published 1949) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 3.8 From 8891 Users | 342 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books Red Planet (Heinlein's Juveniles, #3)
1976 grade B+1992 grade B+2016 grade B+A novel about high school students in a private school run by dictatorial earth bureaucrats on a colonized hypothetical Mars. It starts out pretty routine but becomes much better and more adult less than half way through. The book could definitely be considered a precursor to Stranger In A Strange Land since it has the exact same martians and their culture. In fact this book describes them much better and I recommend reading it before Stranger if possible.This is one of the earlier Heinleins so perhaps the sexism wasn't so obvious back then. However, it is quite blatant. There is some racism as well. Although I remembered the story fondly, I found on rereading that it is far from being one of his better stories. About the only positive part was that the character of Willis is really well developed and cute. Not recommended. Trying to decide what to do with the book since it is a first edition but not in great shape. I might donate to County
This is a decent novel that has reasonably survived the test of time, at least as long as you know when this novel was published (the 1949's) People used to more modern-day sci fi might find this novel somewhat dated, but you know what, it's still a solid read, especially if you like old-school science fiction. It also ties in nicely with 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by the same author.
I can see the appeal of this book to the young readers of the early 50s that were going to grow up to be the engineers and designers of the New Frontier. First, there are aliens, and they seem to be of the Dr. Seuss variety, at least in the beginning of the book. Willis is a Martian bouncer, described as a furry, ball-shaped being that can mimic voices a kind of sentient recording device. There are other Martians involved in the story, and Heinlein builds up a world on Mars with the natives as
This is one of an ongoing series of rereads, as I work through the Virginia Editions of Heinleins novels.Red Planet was Heinleins third published novel, after Space Cadet (reviewed here). It is seen as the third in Heinleins juvenile novels that were written for a teenage and predominantly (though not exclusively) male readership.If I remember right, it was possibly my second or third Heinlein read, after Tunnel in the Sky, which I found, rather lost and forgotten, at the back of my school
3.8 starsOh my gosh!Although a conservative, staid, and constrictive tradition lies behind the 1950s, U.S. pop culture, an odd and innocent sense of fun seems to accompany it.Gee!After my immersion into Shirley Jacksons dark and menacing world, Heinleins Red Planet, (1949), with this conservative yet fun 1950s aspect, became just the tonic I needed.Setting a young adult/adult, science fiction adventure novel on Mars allows Heinlein to create an exciting story and world while simultaneously
Mars as was to be if there were Martians on it. wonderful short story that brings to me the social aspects of a colony in mars and the relationship with mother earth. who knows best how to live in Mars? the settlers who live there all year round or the Company managers from earth who go there for small periods of some years? I liked very much this relationship and also the creativity of Heinlein in devising such interesting Martians. many of the interactions of Martians with humans may one day
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