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."
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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