![]() ![]() We get to see his traditional Mars (with the ancient Martians et al), and the Venus Corporation. Good hard science fiction with lots of interesting side adventures. This is pretty standard as far as Heinlein's books go engaging, but with a somewhat lumpy storyline. The three of them set out to travel to Earth by way of Venus, and various adventures ensue. ![]() In addition to her parents, who don't have a very large part in the story, we meet her genius/ psychopathic younger brother, of whom she is given the impossible task of watching over, and her powerful uncle, who has an important but undefined role in Martian politics. She is well educated and her primary goal in life to be a spaceship pilot, which gives Heinlein a chance to stick in a lot of hard science fiction, facts about Mars, its moons, and space flight in general. She is very chatty (at least on paper), and does sound quite a bit like a fifteen year old girl, which is impressive for a 50-year-old male author. Podkayne of Mars is the diary of a fifteen year old girl, Podkayne "Poddy" Fries, who was born and raised on Mars. ![]() Original serialization: Worlds of If, November 1962, January 1963, March 1963. ![]()
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