Red Planet Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from nmele

Another Heinlein I read decades ago when I was a callow youth. I remembered it as a ripping boy's adventure with an interesting alien life form whose life cycle is the major mcguffin in the book. The copy I read recently was a newer edition which restored the cuts made by Heinlein's editor at Scr...

from Paul.Kohler

Although I am a fan of Heinlein, I was a little (only a little) disappointed with the pace of this book. It was a good book, don't get me wrong, but it seemed the first half of the book dragged on a bit, taking pages to set up a single setting. Then towards the back half of the book, Heinlein see...

from nateberly

I enjoyed this book a bunch; it was an easy fast read, and a great YA novel. It was neat to find some similarities between this and Stranger. I am still amazed when I read this and realize it was written in 1949.

from tjl

I have a lot of love for this book and especially this audio production. This full-cast audio version has a different voice actor for each of the characters which makes it very much like a radio play instead of a narrated book. This is one of Heinlein's classic juveniles. Because of that, the sci...

from fulner

This audiobook was pretty unbelievable. We follow an 18 year old, Jim Malone, as he is to leave his home in the migrant colony of Mars to go off to college. His pet Willis comes along for the ride, but ther is no pets allowed. Of course he looks like a Volley Ball so he just might make it. Howeve...