Robert Heinlein, Between Planets

William Patterson (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1951

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Between Planets

(1951) – Don Harvey's parents call him from boarding school on Earth, to join them on Mars when war between Earth and its colonies seems imminent. But war comes while he is in transit, and he is dumped on Venus as their Revolution begins. Eventually, he joins the Rebellion and finds that a plastic ring he had been given to deliver to his parents contains the key to winning the Rebellion and establishing independence for Venus and Mars.

For more information on Heinlien's Juveniles (written between 1947 and 1958) see our entry on Robert Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo, The Literary Encyclopedia profile by William Patterson, University of California, Santa Cruz.

For more information on Heinlien's Juveniles (written between 1947 and 1958) see our entry on Robert Heinlein's

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Citation: Patterson, William. "Between Planets". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 November 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16610, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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