- Title:
- Red Planet
- By:
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Pages:
- 256
- Rating:
- 4
Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save–or destroy–them all!
From the Paperback edition.
“we aren’t bound to follow customs that aren’t appropriate to our needs here”
I love Heinlein’s outlook, his TANSTAFL, his liberty, and this extraordinary,naive yet idealistic attitude that if everyone is a gentleman everything is OK. I can’t believe I hadn’t read this one, but it was a rare gem.