Have Space Suit - Will Travel (Audiobook)

from dvf1976

This seemed more like a "Heinlein for Teens" book than some of the others I've read/listened to. There was more "science" in this book than I've seen in his sci-fi. Talking about the distances between planets and other heavenly bodies can be pretty dry (although I kind of liked it).

from LisaMaria_C

This is one of Heinlein's "juveniles"--books written for and about teen boys. In this one Kip Russell is trying out a space suit in his back yard when a flying saucer lands--and he gets kidnapped. I like Kip, Peewee, the eleven year old girl genius, and the "Mother Thing" alien they encounter in ...

from drjmallen

Contains a couple of early in the book spoilers!!! One of Heinlein's first YA SF works. Exudes 1950's optimism and values...not another dystopia of the future. Instead life just a little bit in the future but changed enough to be attention grabbing. We have a moon base but not heading to the sta...

from antao

I feel like there is a weird bias when analyzing Heinlein's work and this book in particular. I never really got that the Competent Man in Heinlein books was presented as the norm. It was always the protagonist or the protagonist's mentor, characters who can be expected to be exceptional in some ...

from dbsovereign

Fun, if improbable juvenile coming of age tale. Our hero is thrown into the middle of lunar intrigue and gets to virtually save humanity from extinction. I second Heinlein's call for more generalists who can see beyond the sillinesses of the specialists.