Reading Order for the Heinlein Juvenile Series
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: THE JUVENILE NOVELS
Apprentice rocketeers Ross, Art, and Morrie get involved with Morrie'due south uncle, Dr. Cargraves, and his plan to fly to the moon. Teaming upwards in edifice an experimental atomic-powered rocket, the three boys and Cargraves fix off for the moon. There they discover themselves being attacked by a few Nazis plotting Globe War III from a underground lunar base of operations. The boys overcome the Nazis, and find the ruins of a dead lunar civilization. They render to the World, become famous by then.
Space Buck, Scribner'due south, 1948
The two cadets Matt and Tex undergo training for the Interplanetary Patrol in Colorado, in infinite, and on actual patrol. Following some violent physical tests to see whether a candidate is able to undergo the rigorous surround of space, the cadets get training in the school ship As a part of their traing, Matt and Tex travel as inferior officers in the Venus jungles.
Cherry-red Planet, Scribner's, 1949
Jim Marlowe, a teenaged Mars colonist, takes his pet Willis, a Martian bouncer, away to school with him. The master impounds Willis, since pets are not allowed at school. Jim rescues Willis. He runs abroad from school with him and his friend Frank. After a wild cross-country trek which includes a visit to a Martian building, the three are able to thwart a plot to foreclose the colonists from making their annual migration. Thanks to Willis'southward ability to record exactly voices and words he has heard, the colonists revolt confronting the plan, non wishing to live through an extremely cold Martian winter in high latitudes.
Farmer in the Sky, Scribner'due south, 1950
Emigration to Ganymede and the opportunity to homestead is the pick of Beak and his family. The flight out is long, and disappointment greets Bill when the colonists detect that state and equipment are not ready. Bill is lucky to be assigned an early plot and begins the procedure of making soil. In spite of the setback of a massive quake, Bill decides to go on farming rather than return to World for farther schooling (serialized as SatelliteScout, Boys Life, August, September, October, November 1950.)
Between Planets, Scribner's, 1951
Don'southward parents all of a sudden order him to join them on Mars with explicit orders for him to bring an odd plastic ring of no apparent value. He leaves his schoolhouse on Earth for the infinite station where's he'due south to grab his ship. He meets and befriends a Venus 'dragon', Sir Isaac Newton. His ship is intercepted by Venus, and Don finds himself shipped to Venus. There he finds work washing dishes. Several attempts are fabricated to steal the band. Then Earth armed forces land and pillage the town. Don joins the Venus army and reports to no other but Sir Isaac. The ring contains the clue to a scientific discovery that has been secretely made on Earth. With this knowledge they are able to bulild an ultrafast transport and weapons to force Earth to relinquish command of the planets.(serialized equally Planets in Combat, Blue Book, September, October 1951.)
The Rolling Stones, Scribner's, 1952
The Stone family, at the instigation of the twins, Castor and Pollux, reconditions a spaceship as a family unit yacht, The Rolling Rock, and embarks on various adventures, including selling used bikes on Mars and apartment cats in the asteroids. (serialized equally Tramp Infinite Ship, Male child'southward Life, September, Ocrober, November, December 1952.)
Starman Jones, Scribner's, 1953
This the story of Max Jones's ascent from a hillbilly runaway to an acting helm of a starship. It'southward a astounding memory that retains all the astrogator'south tables needed for astro-navigation that makes Max's rise possible, together witg the cunning of Sam, an older human being who befriends the runaway and gets him onboard the Asgard with simulated credentials.
The Star Creature, Scribner's, 1954
John Thomas Stuart Xi has a pet - Lummox - brought back from a infinite trip past an antecedent. Lummie began equally a tiny pet, but over the generations (by earth'due south standards) has grown huge, and is always in trouble. Lummies race locates him and demands his return. Mr. Kiku, Under-Secretary for Spatial Diplomacy, discovers that Lummox has no wish to get out for his native planet without his pet, John Thomas. He, she rather, has been raising John Thomases for generations, and is not looking forwards to a alter. (serialized as Star Lummox, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May, June, July 1954.)
Tunnel in the Heaven, Scribner's, 1955
Stranded on an unknown world, that's where Rod Walker and his classmates detect themselves as part of a survival test. They are are forced to make their own laws and rules. By the time the new society is feasible and children are built-in, the group is rescued and returned to Earth, Rod and the others existence forced back into teen roles.
Time for the Stars, Scribner'southward, 1956
Tom and Pat, being identical twins, are establish to be telepathically linked when tested by the Long Range Foundation. Tom is the i to get to the stars on a torch ship and continue upwards mental contact with his brother Pat remaining on Earth. At virtually lite speed time is slowed enormously on the Lewis & Clark due to time dilatation, every bit Einstein showed. Tom stays young, Pat grows one-time. Eventually, Tom tin can no longer contact his brother, just is able to become in bear upon with Pat's daughter. Subsequently he contacts Pat's granddaughter, and finally his great-granddaughter Vicki. Tom'due south ship explores some new earth'south, but finally tin can't go along. Tom is rescued by the first faster-than-calorie-free ship. Coming dorsum to Earth he meets his one-time brother Pat, and finds unexpected romance.
Citizen of the Galaxy, Scribner's, 1957
Thorby is a slave, abducted equally an babe and suffering a slave'south mistreatment for years. On Sargon he is sold to Baslim, a beggar, who treats him well. frees him, adopts him, and teaches him a beggar's tricks. Thorby slowly comes to know that Baslim is an intelligence agent in disguise, in a war against slavery. Baslim's work is discovered, and he is murdered. Thorby finds his way to the Free Traders, according to instructions Baslim put in his mind. He joins them and learns their ways. And so he is taken to the Baby-sit and enlisted. And then he is identified beingness the lost heir to 1 of Earth's most powerful and rich families, thus has got the resources to fight slavery.
(serialized in Astounding Scientific discipline Fiction, September, October, November, December 1957.)
Have Infinite Arrange--Will Travel, Scribner's, 1958
Kip Russell, all the same at high schoolhouse, wants to go to the Moon. He wins a second-hand infinite suit in a competition, and travels the galaxy with the assistance of extraterrestrials. On his return, he notwithstanding has not visited the Moon. He is eager to get a expert education, and more patient about a visit to the Moon. (serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Scientific discipline Fiction, August, September, Oct 1958.)
Podkayne of Mars, Putnam, 1963
Sixteen-year-old Podkayne is a girl from Mars who has ever wanted to visit Earth.Her dream comes true, when her uncle invites her and her brother toEarth. Their trip comes to an unexpected cease on Venus. Among the anarchy of planetary intrigue, Podkayne debates about her career choices, whether to become a starship captain or a creche engineer. (serialized in If, November 1962; Jan, March 1963.)
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