The Rolling Stones
Ratings5
Average rating3.4
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Ratings5
Average rating3.4
SciFi YA - The rollicking adventures of the Stone Family on a tour of the Solar System. It all started when the twins, Castor and Pollux Stone, decided that life on the Lunar colony was too dull and decided to buy their own spaceship and go into business for themselves. Their father thought that was a fine idea, except that he and Grandma Hazel bought the spaceship and the whole Stone Family were on their way out into the far reaches of the Solar System, with stops on Mars (where the twins got a lesson in the interplanetary economics of bicycles and the adorable little critters called flatcats who, it turned out, bred like rabbits; or perhaps, Tribbles....), out to the asteroids, where Mrs. Stone, an M.D., was needed to treat a dangerous outbreak of disease, even further out, to Titan and beyond.
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“The dull ones stay home—and the bright ones stir around and try to see what trouble they can dig up.”
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Fun, fun, fun. A family road trip through the solar system from Luna to Mars, the asteroid belt and beyond. I almost felt like I was part of the family. ⠀
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So far one of the best juveniles I have read, cheek by jowl with Farmer in the Sky. According to Mr. Internet, Hazel Stone, the grandma, is the same Hazel who appears as a child in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, she is referenced as being part of the group of founders of the Lunar colony. Other members of the family also reappear in later novels. And of course there's the flat cat. I'm not a cat dude but the book made me wanna pet one for a while, just a little while, then I would force the poor fluffy thing to hibernate for some months. Their rapid breeding problem reminded me of the moties in Pournelle/Niven's The Mote in God's Eye.⠀
You wouldn't want to skip this one.
