{"product_id":"heinleins-children-the-juveniles-paperback-1","title":"Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexei Panshin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJoseph T. Major\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2007 Hugo Award finalist for Best Related Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith an introduction by Alexei Panshin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost half a century ago Robert A. Heinlein began writing a series of juvenile science fiction novels whose influence is still being felt. Many scientists and engineers-in the space program and elsewhere-have said those stories inspired them to commit their lives to research and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of those books, \u003cem\u003eRocket Ship Galileo\u003c\/em\u003e in 1947, followed the traditional pattern of juvenile fiction in those days: Three teen-age boys and the scientist uncle of one of them set out to design, build, and fly the first spaceship to the Moon. And when they get there, they discover a secret base of Nazi renegade holdouts from World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeinlein had planned this to be the first in a series about \u003cb\u003eThe Young Atomic Engineers\u003c\/b\u003e. But that fell through, and starting with the second in the series, \u003cem\u003eSpace Cadet\u003c\/em\u003e in 1948, the Heinlein juveniles were independent stories not connected to each other. And they do not fit into his famous \"Future History.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most notable characteristic of the Heinlein juveniles is that they are juvenile only in that the protagonists are youngsters, usually in their late teens. (Of course, in keeping with publishers' requirements of that time, sexual matters are either absent or very discreetly veiled.) But the stories are not in any way \"written down\" to their young readers and can be fully enjoyed by adults. That may explain why they have worn so well-those who loved them as children find that they are just as good when reread thirty or forty years later. That's also why they have stayed in print most of these years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Major's study of Heinlein's juveniles emphasizes plot development and incident, considers what Heinlein was trying to do in each story and how well he succeeded, and also points out possible influences from other sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor does not waste the reader's time trying to \"deconstruct\" stories to make political points about our own times. The closest he comes to that is in considering the controversy that exploded around \u003cem\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/em\u003e (1959) and why the book was denounced as militaristic and fascist by some critics (many of whom understood little about the military and even less about fascism). Scribner's published the first twelve of Heinlein's juveniles, but balked at Starship Troopers-too much red meat for young readers, apparently-so Heinlein sold the last two of his juveniles to Putnam's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is introduced by Alexei Panshin, whose own Advent books Heinlein in Dimension and SF in Dimension reflect a quite different way of analyzing the works of Robert A. Heinlein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703662113075,"sku":"9798711333944","price":32.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SnJFUEJocnd2WlhiTHlOVUJqSUJOdz09_be729957-f2ea-484c-a7f0-6be16449fa61.webp?v=1763334152","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/heinleins-children-the-juveniles-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}