The Secret of the Ninth Planet (Paperback)

from waltzmn

Nostalgia has its limits. This was very possibly the first science fiction book I ever read, probably around 1970. I found it in my elementary school library, and presumably through that something about the ninth planet would be interesting. So I read it -- and remembered it enough to identify it...

from majackson

The plot line is hokey: aliens are sucking the energy from the sun and beaming it back to heat up their far away planet, and the teen-age hero has to fly all over the solar system to prevent Sol going nova. But suspending disbelief, as if I were a young teenager again, allows me to enjoy the thri...

from majackson

The plot line is hokey: aliens are sucking the energy from the sun and beaming it back to heat up their far away planet, and the teen-age hero has to fly all over the solar system to prevent Sol going nova. But suspending disbelief, as if I were a young teenager again, allows me to enjoy the thri...