Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Re-Read

This is an early SF by Heinlein, way back in 1950. He tackles colonialism, as if Ganymede could handle farms, and handles the homesteading question from a YA kind of novel.

It may be slightly dated, and this damn cocky kid has RAH's trademark DIY attitude, which is fine, but the novel IS a part of its time. It's basically reflection of Boy Scouts and coming to grips with population pressures, but for as simple as this sounds, it's still a solid SF. Small town, frontier cowboy ethics IS rather a sign of the cultural zeitgeist of the 1950's.

If it's focused more on boys growing up to be men, so be it. It's not one of my favorites of RAH, but it has a pretty solid story.



Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.

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