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Podkayne of Mars / Robert A. Heinlein.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Heinlein, R.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siblings--Fiction.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Science fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages ; 17 cm
- Distribution:
- New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1995.
- Place of Publication:
- Riverdale, NY : Baen Books, 1995.
- Summary:
- "While accompanying their uncle, a wily politician, on a trip from Mars to Earth, Podkayne and her brilliant but pesky younger brother are caught up in a plot to keep Uncle Tom from an important conference."
- Contents:
- APPENDIX: Postlude (as originally published)
- We created a monster
- Heinlein on "Podkayne"
- The winners
- A final word.
- Notes:
- Cover art by Stephen Hickman
- The novel finishes with the Postlude as Heinlein originally wrote it and then adds the same 'chapter' as originally published
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 26358
- ISBN:
- 0671876716
- 9780671876715
- OCLC:
- 230710517
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