![]() ![]() (A restored text finally saw print in 1991.) Even so, Red Planet quickly became one of Heinlein's most popular adventures. Heinlein's editor Alice Dalgliesh objected to what she considered some of the book's subtly suggestive details-the "strangely shaped aliens," the teenagers' use of weapons, even mention of a bathroom-and censored Heinlein's text so heavily that he "thought about publishing only under his 'Lyle Monroe' pseudonym and even asked to have the editor's name substituted for his or added as co-writer" (William H. ![]() ![]() A strong narrative line, carefully worked-out technical detail, realistic characters and brisk dialogue are the leading virtues of this and most of his later juveniles" (Clute & Nicholls, 555). With Red Planet, "which recounts the adventures of two young colonists and their Martian 'pet,' Heinlein came fully into his own as a writer of science fiction for teenagers. Octavo, original black cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.įirst edition of Heinlein's third "boy's book," a fast-paced, fully realized tale of revolution on a Martian colony. "SUITABLE FOR RUGGED LIFE FORMS SUCH AS LICHENS AND MEN": FIRST EDITION OF HEINLEIN'S RED PLANET ![]()
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