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Farmer in the Sky

By: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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Farmer In The Sky is a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a teenage boy who emigrates with his family to Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which is in the process of being terraformed. A condensed version of the novel was published in serial form in 1950 in Boys' Life magazine (August, September, October, November), under the title "Satellite Scout".

©1955 Robert A. Heinlein (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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Nice account of pioneering on a lifeless moon of Jupiter

I enjoyed this book, which painted a detailed a d believable account of how like could be for a pioneering family on a moon of Jupiter which started as a lifeless rocky frozen wasteland.

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