Podkayne of Mars Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from LisaMaria_C

I have a love/hate relationship with this particular book--really do, making this a very hard one to rate and review. By and large I'm a fan of Robert Heinlein. I love The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers and many of his juveniles, and if it weren't for what seemed the lesson of this o...

from pastrydeity

This was the first Heinlein book I ever read (I think I was eight?) and so it still has a special place in my heart, but objectively I'd have to say it feels a bit dated. Podkayne Fries is a Marsgirl on an interplanetary trip with her uncle and her bratty-but-brilliant kid brother Clark, and appr...

from Zumbanista

Possibly the first sci-fi book I ever read when I was about 11 or 12. Started a love affair with the genre that continued off and on for over 40 years. Have no idea what it's about now, but the favourable memory of it has stayed with me since that time. Would probably find it too young now, but m...

from sferguson

Heinlein is one of the best writers to have ever contributed to science fiction and this particular title is a great addition to the genre. Heinlein is one of the best at looking at the society(ies) of modern humanity from the perspective of an outsider and Podkayne of Mars is one of the best ove...

from maybedog

I read this when I was quite young so any offensiveness went right over my head. I just loved it because it was a science fiction adventure story with a girl as the hero, a rarity in its time if not in mine.