![]() ![]() There’s also questions of loyalty and the cost of doing the right thing. Before he’s grown, however, everything goes awry and Thorby’s life changes.ĬITIZEN deals with themes of slavery, and how having an education ends Thorby’s slave status. But Baslim the Cripple isn’t everything he appears, and treats Thorby as a son, teaching him not only how to beg, but also mathematics, science, history, and several languages–and how to gather intelligence from the errands he’s sent on. Written in 1957, CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY ( Amazon) is about the boy Thorby who’s taken to a strange planet as a slave and is purchased by an old beggar for a pittance. I’m sure you all know about his classics including STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND ( Amazon), THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS ( Amazon), and STARSHIP TROOPERS ( Amazon).īut did you know he also wrote juvenile fiction? ![]() Heinlein is a god in the science fiction world, and for good reason: he brought literary quality and high scientific standards to a growing genre, as well as attention-grabbing controversy. ![]()
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