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From the First Golden Age of SF master Robert A. Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readersâÈ'with a new introduction and afterword by popular military science fiction author Michael Z. Williamson. A poor young man seeks his fortune in space and comes of age a shipâÈçs officer and hero.
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the arcane Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was every going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncleâÈçs prized astrogation manualsâÈ'book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When MaxâÈçs mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover that his uncle ChetâÈçs manuals, and MaxâÈçs near complete memorization of them, is a ticket to the stars. But serving on a spaceship is no easy task. Duty is everything, and a mistake can mean you and all aboard are lost forever. Max loves every minute of his new life, and he steadily grows in the trust of his superior officers, and seems to be on course for a command track position. But then disaster strikes, and itâÈçs going to take every trick Max ever learned from his tough life and his uncleâÈçs manuals to save himself and the ship from a doom beyond extinction itself.
From the First Golden Age of Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.
About Robert A. Heinlein:
âÈêNot only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the great writer of such fiction in the world.âÈëâÈ'Stephen King.
âÈêOne of the grand masters of science fiction.âÈëâÈ'Wall Street Journal
Comprehensive Teacher's Guide available.
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the arcane Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was every going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncleâÈçs prized astrogation manualsâÈ'book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When MaxâÈçs mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover that his uncle ChetâÈçs manuals, and MaxâÈçs near complete memorization of them, is a ticket to the stars. But serving on a spaceship is no easy task. Duty is everything, and a mistake can mean you and all aboard are lost forever. Max loves every minute of his new life, and he steadily grows in the trust of his superior officers, and seems to be on course for a command track position. But then disaster strikes, and itâÈçs going to take every trick Max ever learned from his tough life and his uncleâÈçs manuals to save himself and the ship from a doom beyond extinction itself.
From the First Golden Age of Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.
About Robert A. Heinlein:
âÈêNot only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the great writer of such fiction in the world.âÈëâÈ'Stephen King.
âÈêOne of the grand masters of science fiction.âÈëâÈ'Wall Street Journal
Comprehensive Teacher's Guide available.
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- Title Starman Jones
- Author Robert A. Heinlein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Baen, New York:
- Date 2011-10-04
- ISBN 9781451637496 / 1451637497
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 13 to 17 years
- Grade levels 8 - 12
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Interplanetary voyages
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011023180
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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