Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein's Juveniles, #11)

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In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders a league of merchant princes throughout the many worlds of a hostile galaxy, finding the courage to live by his wits and fight his way from society s lowest rung But Thorby s destiny will be forever changed when he discovers the truth about his own identity Free Download Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein's Juveniles, #11) [ By ] Robert A. Heinlein [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A, Heinlein was first published in 1957 and is generally considered one of his juvenile novels as Scribner s published it An astute reader of Heinlein, though, may consider that this was published just a year before Have Space Suit Will Travel, the last of the Scribner s juveniles, in the same year as The Door Into Summer and only four years before Stranger in a Strange Land, so his transition from thetypical pure science bildungsroman of his earlier works Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A, Heinlein was first published in 1957 and is generally considered one of his juvenile novels as Scribner s published it An astute reader of Heinlein, though, may consider that this was published just a year before Have Space Suit Will Travel, the last of the Scribner s juveniles, in the same year as Th...Some of my all time favorite sci fi novels were written by Robert Heinlein Some of the worst, stupidest, most incoherent, hipper than thou sci fi novels were also written by Robert Heinlein So every time I check out a Heinlein from the library, it is with great trepidation I am happy to say that Citizen of the Galaxy is one of the first category a good Heinlein It is creative, likeable, possibly even inspiring The hero, Thorby, is one of his better characters A lot of things happen to hi Some of my all time favorite sci fi novels were written by Robert Heinlein Some of the worst, stupidest, most incoherent, hipper than thou sci fi novels were also written by Robert Heinlein So every time I check out a Heinlein from the library, it is with great trepidation I am happy to say that Citizen of the Galaxy is one of the first category a good Heinlein It is creative, likeable, possibly even inspiring The hero, Thorby, is one of his better characters A lot of things happen to him, but he manages to walk the fine line between comic book superhero and passive victim, while escaping the kind of brash obnoxiousness that sometimes afflicts Heinlein heros The minor characters are fairly well done too When Heinlein really gets it right, he is one of the best writers I know at creating fasci...If you re into stuff like this, you can read the full review.8XK40367 Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A Heinlein Goodnight, son, the old beggar whispered Good dreamsand good luck In Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A HeinleinI should ask the Heinlein estate permission to use one of his characters in a new story I could see Thorby going after the slavers, there are so many other characters Lazarus Long, Started Max Jones, Lip Russell and his spacesuit, Bill Lerner and his farm If you re into stuff like this, you can read the full review.8XK40367 Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A Heinlein Goodnight, son, the old beggar whispered Good dreamsand good luck In Citizen of the Galaxy by R...Somehow I had managed over the decades to miss this Heinlein novel It like so many others is in many ways a masterpiece We begin with a young boy who s a slave His memories of who or what he was before his slavery are essentially nil On the block he still shows some spirit, enough to get him cuffed But he doesn t sell Being young, small and scrawny no one seems willing to put in the time and money it would take to train him up into a useful slave No one buys him that is until a local Somehow I had managed over the decades to miss this Heinlein novel It like so many others is in many ways a masterpiece We begin with a yo...Highly regarded as one of the best of Heinlein s juvies, Citizen of the Galaxy is indeed, for the most part, worthy of the praise that has been heaped upon it I do have one qualm with this novel it seems to lack a nemesis, or antagonist There is quite a bit that happens but to what end There are no bad guys so it s a bit bland at times The slavers, and slavery, are the closest the novel ever comes to real conflict, but that is handled in such a peripheral fashion that there is never any Highly regarded as one of the best of Heinlein s juvies, Citizen of the Galaxy is indeed, for the most part, worthy of the praise that has been heaped upon it I do have one qualm with this novel it seems to lack a nemesis, or ...A rags to riches story that takes us across a good fraction of the universe into several cultures It s full of adventure interesting characters I really liked the description of the life of The People, free spacers who travel the universe trading willingly give up their individual freedom in a totalitarian society farstringent than anything save perhaps Orwell s world of 1984 yet they re seemingly happy well adjusted It s one of RAH s juveniles, one of the best A rags to riches story that take...Citizen of the Galaxy is a throw back to the days when a complete story could be told in 250 pages or less A nice 3 Star diversion to a simpler time in SciFi, when atomics were all the rage and everyone had them, strictly for defense you know Heinlein tells a tale of a young lad, sold as a slave to an old beggar who is not what he seems The boy grows and has adventures as he goes on a mission for the old beggar that will journey through several different cultures Heinlein paints 3 differe Citizen of the Galaxy is a throw back to the days when a complete story could be told in 250 pages or less A nice 3 Star diversion to a simpler ti...4.0 to 4.5 stars My second favorite Heinlein novel after The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Good writing, excellent characters and an interesting plot RecommendedOriginally published on my blog here in August 1999.At one stage of his career, Heinlein wrote a series of novels aimed at what is now termed the young adult market Citizen of the Galaxy is one of the best of these This is partly because it has something of a message yet is still entertaining escapism.The moral is hardly a revolutionary one it has been pretty generally accepted throughout the twentieth century It can be summed up as slavery is evil , and though mainly concerned with slave Originally published on my blog here in August 1999.At one stage of his career, Heinlein wrote a series of novels aimed at what is now termed the young adult market Citizen of the Galaxy is one of the best of these This is partly because it has something of a message yet is still entertaining escapism.The moral is hardly a revolutionary one it has been pretty generally accepted throughout the twentieth century It can be summed up as slavery is evil , and though mainly concerned with slavery as traditionally practised, it contains rather subtler references to extend the idea of slavery to cover any life determined by involuntary rules imposed from outside The central character, Thorby, basically passes through several different sorts of slavery ownership by another, membership of a ritually constrained culture, the...This book was incredibly jarring I felt like Robert Heinlein had a good ideathen he had another onethen he had another one And since he liked all three of them, he decided What the Hell and combined them The book features a boy named Thorby At the beginning of the book, he is sold as a slave to a beggar man The beggar man surprise turns out to bethen he appears He trains up Thorby and turns him into a super smart and clever beggar.Then he is murdered We don t know why I This book was incredibly jarring I felt like Robert Heinlein had a good ideathen he had another onethen he had another one And since he lik...

Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein's Juveniles, #11)
  • English
  • 02 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • 1416505520
  • Robert A. Heinlein
  • Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein's Juveniles, #11)