![]() ![]() ![]() Heinlein gambled, I suspect, by creating an ensemble cast for his book and, unsurprisingly, some characters get more screen time than others. At the end of the story, which is surprisingly small-scale compared to some other books of that era, they resolve to go even further out … ![]() They make their way to Mars (which is even more bureaucratic than Luna), then travel onwards to the asteroid belt, trading as they go. Driven by wanderlust, and a simple awareness that life on the moon (!) is getting more and more bland every year, a family purchases a spacecraft and sets off on a tour of the solar system. The basic plot of The Rolling Stones is simple. And yet, The Rolling Stones has been charged with everything from endorsing foolish and sexist behaviour to poor gender politics and outright misogyny.Īnd, once again, the charges flounder on a simple lack of evidence. The main characters are interesting and realistic, while there is a distinct lack of sex, violence and war. One of the best-known of Heinlein’s juveniles, it is hard to imagine that there is anything that would cause offense within its pages. One would not imagine that a book like The Rolling Stones (originally published as Space Family Stone) would generate much controversy. ![]()
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