Rocket Ship Galileo

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Summary: The biggest trip a man has ever had
Review: This is the story of patriotism. This is the story of the making of history. this is the story of a trip to the moon!!! this book was published more than twenty years before armstrong walked on the moon. and yet this book was scientificaly correct (almost). this book is just perfect. in this book there is everything needed for a good sci-fi book. it has good drama,good action,good sciense,and most of all good clean moments wich make you feel like you're in the book. i think that without reading this book you're knowlege in sci-fi will never be complete.

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Summary: Heinlein's 1st juvenile novel, basis for "Desitination Moon"
Review: This was Heinlein's first novel published in book form, and the first in his excellent "juvenile" series which included Space Cadet, Time For The Stars, Starman Jones, The Star Beast, Tunnel In The Sky, etc., and it is still my all-time favorite. Heinlein manages to make believable the tale of a scientist (Dr. Cargraves) organizing three 18-year-old boys of a rocket club to build a nuclear powered moon rocket. If you have an interest in space travel you'll get sucked in and won't put the book down until it's over, no matter how dated and unlikely the premise at first appears. It is written with Heinlein's usual skill (that earned him four Hugo awards), and the characters are easy to identify with, especially for any young space enthusiasts. This was also the basis for the 1950 classic film Destination Moon, although about all that remains unchanged in the film is the name Dr. Cargraves. In the book there is a veiled threat from unknown enemies that turn out to be Nazis (this was the first thing Heinlein wrote after the war) - in the film there's just a veiled reference to a communist threat. I suspect the film also draws from Heinlein's more sophisticated treatment from the same period, The Man Who Sold The Moon. Read Rocketship Galileo, or get it for your kids. If it's not available here, search the auctions.

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Summary: Heinlein's 1st juvenile, basis for Destination Moon
Review: This was Heinlein's first novel published in book form, and the first in his excellent "juvenile" series which included Space Cadet, Time For The Stars, Starman Jones, Between Planets, Tunnel In The Sky, etc., and it is still my all-time favorite. Heinlein manages to make believable the tale of a scientist (Dr. Cargraves) organizing three boys of a rocket club to build a nuclear powered moon rocket. If you have an interest in space travel you'll get sucked in and won't put the book down until it's over, no matter how dated and unlikely the premise at first appears - it is filled with Heinlein's usual virtues. This was also the basis for the 1950 classic film Destination Moon, although about all that remains unchanged in the film is the name Dr. Cargraves. In the book there is a veiled threat from unknown enemies that turn out to be Nazis - in the film there's just a veiled reference to communists. I suspect the film also draws from Heinlein's more sophisticated treatment from the same period, The Man Who Sold The Moon. Read Rocketship Galileo, or get it for your kids. If it's not available here, search the auctions.

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Summary: Rocketship Galileo
Review: This was the first SF book (or actually SF story of any type) that I ever read many many years ago when I was in (I think 8th grade). It hooked me! I know it's not what would (or is) considered a great piece of writing ... Bob Heinlein wrote it as a juvenile book ... but I was one when I first read it! Let's put it this way ... I started buying pulps when I could afford one and have been subscribing almost continuously to Analog (previously Astounding) since 1952. I would love to purchase a hard cover copy of the book if it is not out of sight price wise and in at least a decent shape.

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Summary: Twenty-two years before it happened, we landed on the moon
Review: Twenty-two years before it happened, we landed on the moon. It deals with the nephew of Dr. Donald Car- graves, Art Mueller, and his friends as they try to stop a die-hard Nazi from launching a nuclear strike on Earth from the moon. The Galileo's destroyed and they have to return to on his ship, the Wotan.

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Summary: An important book in Science Fiction and Space History
Review: When I was a kid, I dreamed of being an astronaut. That wasn't to be, but this book inspired me to go into science and engineering and now I'm a successful programmer; I've heard the book influenced many other people similarly, including many who worked on the space program. If you have similar interests, I think you'll find Rocket Ship Galileo absorbing, even if dated.