Between Planets

A surprisingly gripping space adventure even though dated to a degree. Heinlein pens a tale centred round a young man just leaving college and getting caught up in a universal conspiracy and a planetary rebellion on Venus. Written in 1951, it does have a sentient race of dragons on Venus, yet still......more

Short Summary first: War is about to break out between Venus and Earth. Don Harvey, the young protagonist, is called home by his parents to mars, which is neutral. His ship is taken over by the Venus rebels and he ends up there. One good part of this book is it basically talks about being a refugee.......more

I learned something very important from this book: 1.) If you read every book that an author has written in chronological order; 2.) While working 12-16 hour days in a factory that makes swimming pool liners and covers; 3.) Indeed, most of that reading is accomplished during your breaks and lunches; 4.)......more

This was quite the wonderful juvenile story from one of the most well-known scifi authors. Don has lived quite the sheltered life in a Ranch School on Earth while his parents (his dad being from Earth, his mother from Venus and he himself having been born in space) live on Mars. One day, he is told t......more

"Man needs freedom, but few men are so strong as to be happy with complete freedom." Mixed feelings. ⠀ ⠀ There's this thing when I've read enough books by the same author (3⭐, 4⭐ or 5⭐ books), I really can't help but compare the one I just finished with the ones I liked the most. Hell, I don't even kno......more