Starman Jones
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Richard Powers
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the arcane Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was ever going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle’s prized astrogation manuals—books on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When Max’s mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover that his uncle Chet’s manuals, and Max’s near complete memorization of them, is a ticket to the stars. But serving on a spaceship is no easy task. Duty is everything, and a mistake can mean you and all aboard are lost forever. Max loves every minute of his new life, and he steadily grows in the trust of his superior officers. He seems to be on course for a command track position—but then disaster strikes, and it’s going to take every trick Max ever learned from his tough life and his uncle’s manuals to save himself and the ship from a doom beyond extinction itself.
From the First Golden Age of Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.
©1953 , 1981 by Robert A. Heinlein. © 2003 by The Robert A. & Victoria Heinlein Prize Trust (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
“Superior science-fiction. . . . carefully plotted, lucidly and beautifully written.”
(New York Times)“With its bold symbolism, the book makes a universal appeal.”
(Jack Williamson, science fiction writer)“Paul Michael Garcia perfectly captures the author’s trademark mix of adventure, tension, and frequent shipboard monotony. With a well-tuned dramatic ear, Garcia beautifully unfolds the story of young Max Jones…Extra points go to Garcia for his impressive range…Young listeners will especially enjoy this production.”
(AudioFile)“Paul Michael Garcia is ably suited to reading Heinlein’s well chosen words, giving the dialogue-heavy prose a banter-like give and take. Garcia’s range, too, is very impressive…It really is the ideal reading.”
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What made the experience of listening to Starman Jones the most enjoyable?
Whilst a bit dated in language and style this remains for me one of Heinleins' best works. Make no mistake this book is the precursor to all of the Star Wars, Lost in Space and Starship Troopers stories. It follows a young mans dream of running away from home to head into space. His story is full of exciting episodes with risk and danger, fun and trickery.Who was your favorite character and why?
Sam the main characters mentor and cheeky rouge who knows how to make anything happen.Which character – as performed by Paul Michael Garcia – was your favourite?
Max the young man who is the main character was read with the right amount of headstrong naivety and genuine discovery to make him as real as you or I.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.Any additional comments?
If you like your adventure stories then this one will hit the sweet spot.A Belter in the best Boys Own Annual Tradition
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Highly recommended.
Starman Jones
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Enjoyable
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The only reason we didn't give this book 5 stars was because as much as its unabridged so it will be long we felt that sometimes the way it was narated made it feel a bit of a drag at points but it was however still very enjoyable. Also we feel this book is suitable not only for kids but others also so the bit added by Audible with "Audible Kids" mentioned was a little annoying.
As I said though, its a great book and the narator is good. We will definately listen to it again and have enjoyed it.
Great Audiobook, we both love it!
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