Citizen of the Galaxy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786184795 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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''Science, mystery, and strong ethical concepts give the book sure appeal to devotees of science fiction.'' --Saturday Review''Sometimes satirical, probingly provocative, this is a characteristic Heinlein off-the-ground mirage, with the protagonist encountering the values of a free society, weighing the worth of the individual.'' --Kirkus Reviews''Absorbing, convincing, and well written combination of science fiction and mystery.'' --School Library Journal
The ragged, starving boy, Thorby, stood on the slave auction block. Thorby soon discovers that Baslim is no ordinary beggar but a superb teacher who leads him to adventures on the starship Sisu.. Surprisingly, he is purchased by the crippled beggar Baslim
Clay Garner said ''Declared him a free subject of the Sargon, entitled to taxes, military service, and starvation without let or hindrance.''. Read this fifty years ago. Reread several times. Still special. I did not know why I was touched then, now I (maybe) understand.The characters, like many of Heinlein's, have stayed with me. This work focuses on personal free will (as do most of Heinlein's books) and the contrast of group submission. Heinlein, like Dick Francis, writes from a moral, ethical base.Book can be divided into three sections; Thorby as a slave begger, then adopted into a merchant fami. It is easy because for a variety of reasons Mr Heinlein is Theodore Russell Moore It is tough because I have so many favorites authors. It is easy because for a variety of reasons Mr Heinlein is as good as any of the very best. Better than an easy 99% of all authors. Hard to flat say very best because there are so many different kinds of best. Some of his stuff is hard to recommend because some people decide to be offended by just about anything but Heinlein's writing is almost always good for anyone who reads with an open mind. I wish his . "Excellent but be warned" according to Jonathan. This book is a novel, yes, but it is also a study in anthropology and relativism. That makes it slow and heavy. If it wasn't slow and heavy, the anthropology would be wrong. It's that simple. I'm fairly certain the anthropologist Margaret Mead is in there. As an exploration of multiculturalism, it's excellent. And so badly needed today.It is also moderately hard science fiction. An exploration of higher dimensional Euclidian spaces? An exploration of accelerat