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PODKAYNE OF MARS by Robert A. Heinlein Kirkus Star

PODKAYNE OF MARS

by Robert A. Heinlein

Pub Date: Feb. 19th, 1962
ISBN: 0441018343
Publisher: Putnam

A somersault into the future is a parody of modern times and travels with cheerful Poddy (Podkayne) Fries, her troublesome young brother, and her Uncle to Venus- on an amusing variation of a cruiseliner. There are vistas of three planets (with a Macy and a Hilton on each) as well as the rivalries between the passengers complicated by radiation storms, free-fall and floating babies. An interplanetary plot and a moral append a highspirited entertainment for all ages.