Podkayne of Mars
A classic tale from the Grandmaster of Science Fiction.
Podkayne Fries, born and raised on Mars, has just one ambition: to earn her wings as a starship pilot and rise through the ranks to command
deep-space explorations. The opportunity to travel aboard the Tricorn – on an interstellar journey to Venus and Earth in the company of her
diplomat uncle – is a dream come true.
Poddy's idea of diplomacy
is keeping the peace with her troublesome brother, Clark, but she's
about to learn some things about war and peace. Because her uncle is the Ambassador from Mars to the Three Planets Conference, which makes
him – and his niece and nephew – potential targets for any radicals looking
to sabotage the negotiations between three worlds.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time. He set a standard for scientific and engineering plausibility, and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality.
He was one of the first science fiction writers to break into mainstream magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s. He was one of the best-selling science fiction novelists for many decades. He, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke are known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
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