![]() ![]() Heinlein gambled, I suspect, by creating an ensemble cast for his book and, unsurprisingly, some characters get more screen time than others. At the end of the story, which is surprisingly small-scale compared to some other books of that era, they resolve to go even further out … They make their way to Mars (which is even more bureaucratic than Luna), then travel onwards to the asteroid belt, trading as they go. Driven by wanderlust, and a simple awareness that life on the moon (!) is getting more and more bland every year, a family purchases a spacecraft and sets off on a tour of the solar system. The basic plot of The Rolling Stones is simple. ![]() And yet, The Rolling Stones has been charged with everything from endorsing foolish and sexist behaviour to poor gender politics and outright misogyny.Īnd, once again, the charges flounder on a simple lack of evidence. The main characters are interesting and realistic, while there is a distinct lack of sex, violence and war. One of the best-known of Heinlein’s juveniles, it is hard to imagine that there is anything that would cause offense within its pages. ![]() One would not imagine that a book like The Rolling Stones (originally published as Space Family Stone) would generate much controversy. ![]()
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