This is one of the very best books to introduce young readers to the "world" of Science Fiction. Full of humor, whit, and a tendency to poke fun at the entertainment establishment, this book encourages an auntrepenurial spirit and creativity of thought that is always to be encouraged in youth.

The Stone family repeatedly make lemonaide out of lemons as they support one another on their family adventure.

...And I don't think I have laughed so hard in a long time than I did over the Martian "Flat Cats." (Now I know where Star Trek got "Tribbles.")

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Always have and always will applaud the early Heinlein. Not crazy about the later ones, but the early ones are the stuff that makes sci fi so much fun...

Rolling Stones is an enjoyable, imaginative story, and I still enjoy how well he crafted his tales.
Suzy P.

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Origionally written in the 1950's as one of Heinlein's "boys in space" books for Scibners, this is a delightful read that is amazingly un-dated despite the changes in technology since it was writen. (The only clear reference to it's age is several referances to the twin's slide-rules.)

Filled with great humor, jibes about the inanity of cerial television (a timeless observation) and a truely fun family dynamic throught, this is one of the BEST books to introduce young readers to the Science Fiction genre, with all the space travel and extra-vehicular activity, without the deaper philosophical stuff that draws older readers.

...And the origional idea behind Gene Rodenberry's "Tribbles" are embodied in the Stone Family's experience with Martian "Flat Cats."

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I first read this book decades ago, and it's just as good a read as it was then.

I especially liked the "Afterword" by Steve Hughes, comparing what Heinlein 'predicted' in his story and the reality just a few years, or many decades, later.

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A remarkable family, the Stones (engineer father, doctor mother, engineer/pioneer grandmother, teen-age daughter, precocious twins and prodigy baby) buy an old space ship and take off for a tour of the solar system. Both funny and adventurous, geared for older children, but enjoyable for adults as well.

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