Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein
Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein
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Red Planet

Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrator: Zach Villa

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2016


Synopsis

Jim Marlowe and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis are only allowed to travel so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tunes into a treacherous plot that threatens all the colonists on Mars, and it sets Jim off on a terrifying adventure that could save—or destroy—them all.

About Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) is widely recognized as one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, a status confirmed in 1974 when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. A four-time Hugo Award winner, he is best known for such works as Starship Troopers, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and the sensational bestseller Stranger in a Strange Land. Several of his books were New York Times bestsellers, and his worldwide bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages. 

About Zach Villa

Zach Villa is a stage, film, and television performer. Classically trained in acting, Villa’s audiobook work includes The World without You by Joshua Henkin and Butterfly Winter by W. P. Kinsella.


Reviews

This was, hands down, my favorite Heinlein book as a teen. I read it at least 4 or 5 times. I really need to read it again as an adult, but Heinlein ... always an iffy proposition. Though this is one of his early juvie novels, so it's safer than, say, Time Enough for Love. Two teenage boys, part of t......more

Goodreads review by Paul

“He’s an individual, you know. He’s not property.” RED PLANETwas a Robert Heinlein juvenile sci-fi written in 1949. The honest truth is that I’ve had this on my shelf for SO long that I have no recollection if this is a re-read or my first run through. But when push comes to shove, that doesn’t real......more


Quotes

“Readers young and old will enjoy this fast-moving adventure novel.” Chicago Tribune

“A fascinating story of Earth-humans on Mars…The most thrilling and tingling kind of science fiction story by an experienced hand.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)