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Heinlein's Juveniles
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by Robert A. Heinlein, Will McAuliffe, Jo D'Aloisio, Cynthia Bishop
by Robert A. Heinlein, Will McAuliffe, Jo D'Aloisio, Cynthia Bishop
by Robert A. Heinlein, Will McAuliffe, Jo D'Aloisio, Cynthia Bishop
A science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (August, September, October 1958) and published by Scribner's in hardcover in 1958. It is the last of the Heinlein juveniles.
Plot summary: Clifford "Kip" Russell, enters an advertising jingle writing contest, hoping to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Moon. He instead gets a used space suit. Kip puts the suit (which he dubs "Oscar") back into working condition. Kip reluctantly decides to return his space suit for a cash prize to help pay for college, but puts it on for one last walk. As he idly broadcasts on his shortwave radio, someone identifying herself as "Peewee" answers and requests a homing signal. He is shocked when a flying saucer lands practically on top of him. A young girl (Peewee) and an alien being (the "Mother Thing") flee from it, but all three are quickly captured and taken to the Moon.
A science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (August, September, October 1958) and published by Scribner's in hardcover in 1958. It is the last of the Heinlein juveniles.
Plot summary: Clifford "Kip" Russell, enters an advertising jingle writing contest, hoping to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Moon. He instead gets a used space suit. Kip puts the suit (which he dubs "Oscar") back into working condition. Kip reluctantly decides to return his space suit for a cash prize to help pay for college, but puts it on for one last walk. As he idly broadcasts on his shortwave radio, someone identifying herself as "Peewee" answers and requests a homing signal. He is shocked when a flying saucer lands practically on top of him. A young girl (Peewee) and an alien being (the "Mother Thing") flee from it, but all three are quickly captured and taken to the Moon.
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Heinlein's Juveniles
Heinlein's Juveniles
19 books in catalog
Pioneering hard science fiction through rigorous scientific accuracy and engineering plausibility, the speculative fiction of Stranger in a Strange Land helped establish modern mass-market science fiction. Robert A. Heinlein became widely known as the "dean of science fiction writers" and was celebrated alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke as part of the genre's recognized "Big Three."
His work raised the standards of literary quality in speculative fiction, breaking into mainstream general periodicals such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s with unvarnished science fiction. As one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors in the genre, he helped pioneer bestselling novel-length science fiction for modern readers.
Born in Butler, Missouri, in 1907 and raised in Kansas City, Robert Anson Heinlein graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929. After five years of naval service, he retired due to ill health in 1934 and studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began publishing science fiction professionally in August 1939 with the short story "Life-Line" in Astounding Science Fiction. During World War II, he served as a civilian engineer at the Naval Air Experimental Station in Philadelphia before returning to writing full-time, eventually authoring more than thirty novels, writing the screenplay for the 1950 film Destination Moon, and earning six Hugo Awards over a career spanning nearly five decades.
Heinlein's writing is distinguished by its emphasis on technical plausibility, personal self-reliance, and critical thinking. His plots frequently introduced provocative scenarios that questioned conventional social mores, exploring themes of individual liberty, competence, military duty, and social organization. To manage his prolific output across pulp magazines and anthologies, he also published under several pen names, including Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, and Caleb Saunders.
19 books in catalog
Pioneering hard science fiction through rigorous scientific accuracy and engineering plausibility, the speculative fiction of Stranger in a Strange Land helped establish modern mass-market science fiction. Robert A. Heinlein became widely known as the "dean of science fiction writers" and was celebrated alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke as part of the genre's recognized "Big Three."
His work raised the standards of literary quality in speculative fiction, breaking into mainstream general periodicals such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s with unvarnished science fiction. As one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors in the genre, he helped pioneer bestselling novel-length science fiction for modern readers.
Born in Butler, Missouri, in 1907 and raised in Kansas City, Robert Anson Heinlein graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929. After five years of naval service, he retired due to ill health in 1934 and studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began publishing science fiction professionally in August 1939 with the short story "Life-Line" in Astounding Science Fiction. During World War II, he served as a civilian engineer at the Naval Air Experimental Station in Philadelphia before returning to writing full-time, eventually authoring more than thirty novels, writing the screenplay for the 1950 film Destination Moon, and earning six Hugo Awards over a career spanning nearly five decades.
Heinlein's writing is distinguished by its emphasis on technical plausibility, personal self-reliance, and critical thinking. His plots frequently introduced provocative scenarios that questioned conventional social mores, exploring themes of individual liberty, competence, military duty, and social organization. To manage his prolific output across pulp magazines and anthologies, he also published under several pen names, including Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, and Caleb Saunders.