![]() ![]() Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton get into some rather exciting adventures. ![]() ![]() First published in 1949, and set on a Mars that is surprisingly believable, it has some very modern protagonists teenagers. I had read Red Planet at least once before and upon listening to this terrific audiobook version I was actually quite surprised by the relevance to modern politics and social phenomena. There are repeated themes, to be sure, but they play out fairly differently in each story. One of the things I enjoy most about Heinlein’s quirky novels is that the politics are never fully aligned with any conventional ideology. Listening to Heinlein’s stories brought to life is a wonderful experience. But it is not only the boys’ lives that are at stake: They have discovered explosive information about a threat to the survival of the entire colony-information that may mean life or death for their families. Accompanied by his buddy, Frank, Jim must battle the dangers of a hostile planet. But when Jim takes the creature to academy and runs afoul of a militantly rigid headmaster, his devotion to his pet launches the young man on a death-defying trek across Mars. Jim Marlowe’s Martian pet, Willis, seems like nothing more than an adorable ball of fur with an astonishing ability to mimic the human voice. Themes: / Science Fiction / Mars / Politics / Gender / ![]()
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