Farmer in the Sky (Paperback)

from nkmunn

I "read" an audiobook edition - if you could pick anyone in literature to give a swirly to, Heinlein's Bill would be the guy.This protagonist and his narrative voice would be any voice actor's challenge because he is such a self-absorbed yet unself-aware, unlikeable guy that he grates on your eve...

from pgiunta

Bill Lerner and his father George decide to emigrate to Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, to begin a new life as farmers along with George's new wife Molly and her young daughter, Peggy. During their journey aboard the interplanetary colony ship Mayflower, the kids decide to form new branches of ...

from iBeth

It's always fun to read a vision of the future circa 1950. Earthlings colonize Ganymede (one of Jupiter's moons) but they still use microfilm and slide rules. On the outbound trip, a meteor breaks through the hull of the spaceship and the young protagonist manages to seal it with a foam pillow un...

from TimothyBurke

My least favorite of the Heinlein juveniles, except perhaps for Time for the Stars. I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps because it lacks a charismatic character, perhaps because of the tacked-on feeling of the discovery of alien artifacts in the last portion of the book. Or maybe it was just the heav...

from Razinha

Better. Lots of science in this fiction, and science conjecture, BUT... I can overlook the overly heavy Boy Scout thread, given that the story was written for Boys Life magazine; I can shake my head, but still get past the odd yokelisms Heinlein inconsistently saddled his characters with ("victua...