Bill’s new home is a world of unearthly wonders-and heartbreaking tragedy. Back on Earth, the move sounded like a grand adventure, but Bill soon realizes that life on the frontier is dangerous, and in an alien world with no safety nets, nature is cruelly unforgiving of even small mistakes. The Earth is crowded and food is rationed, but a colony on Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter, offers an escape for teenager Bill Lermer and his family. Cover by Hugo-winning artist Bob Eggleton pays homage to classics science fiction book covers. Includes teaser chapter for Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters (trade paperback, 08/09).Ħ. there is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein.”ĥ. Stephen King has called Heinlein “Not only America’s premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world.” And Dean Koontz agrees: “If there is any single author who defines science fiction, it is Robert Heinlein. For over four decades, his Stranger in a Strange Land has been, not just one of the top-selling science fiction novels, but one of the top-selling novels, period.ģ. Over 25 million Heinlein books are in print in the U.S. Heinlein wrote an amazing string of novels which made the New York Times best seller list and shipped over a million copies each, including Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast, Friday, Job: A Comedy of Justice, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset.Ģ. Review: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A.1.

Review: The Separation by Christopher Priest.Review: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K.Helpful and unhelpful neighbors, and his family, which has its share of There are quite enough toįill out Bill’s world, though, with his friends and enemies in the Scouts, Of the other characters are pretty lightly drawn. I felt that this helped his character feel more like a flawed, realistic teenage boy. He also had a bit of a self-important streak, and often felt compelled to teach disagreeable people a lesson. Is a model Scout, calm, clever and resourceful in the worst of times, and generally compassionate for others.

Still as popular), so I found that aspect of the story pleasantly nostalgic. Scouting was pretty popular when I was a kid (I have no idea if it is Well, since Bill’s adventure is one of determination in the face of adversity, Life magazine, there’s a very strong presence of Scouting throughout the Intended as a serialization for the Scouts’ Boy’s The story of a young Boy Scout heading out with his family to colonize a Jovian

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein