This article is about the science fiction novel. For the rock band, see The Rolling Stones.
| The Rolling Stones | |
 First Edition cover of The Rolling Stones |
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| Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
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| Cover artist | Clifford Geary |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Scribner's |
| Publication date | 1952 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Between Planets |
| Followed by | Starman Jones |
The Rolling Stones (also published under the name Space Family Stone in the United Kingdom) is a 1952 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Clifford N Geary is an American illustrator noted for illustrating science books and Science fiction novels especially Robert A The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Between Planets is a 1951 Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein, originally serialised in Blue Book magazine Starman Jones is a 1953 Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein about a farm boy with an Eidetic memory (photographic memory Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer.
A condensed version of the novel had been published earlier in Boys' Life (September, October, November, December 1952) under the title "Tramp Space Ship". Boys' Life is the monthly Magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA It was published in hardcover that year by Scribner's as part of the Heinlein juveniles. Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years "Heinlein juveniles" is a phrase that refers to the twelve novels written by Robert A
Plot summary
The Stones, a family of "Loonies" (residents of the Moon), buy a used spaceship (which by this time is less complicated than a car), overhaul it, and go sightseeing around the solar system. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity.
The twin teenage boys, Castor and Pollux, buy used bicycles to sell on Mars, their first stop. They run afoul of import regulations and are bailed out by their feisty, colorful grandmother, Hazel. Hazel Stone is a fictional character created by Robert A Heinlein and featured in The Rolling Stones, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress While on the planet, the twins buy their kid brother Buster (who may have the highest IQ of the entire exceptionally smart family) a flat cat. An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence. In Robert A Heinlein 's Science fiction novel The Rolling Stones, flat cats are a species of emotional symbiotes native to Born pregnant and producing a soothing vibration (compare to the story "Pigs is Pigs" and Star Trek's later tribbles), the endearing creature makes more trouble (and more money) than anyone would have thought possible. Pigs is Pigs is a noted story written by Ellis Parker Butler. Tribbles are fictional animals in the Star Trek universe They are depicted as small soft and gentle and as producing a soothing Purring sound
The twins talk their father into taking a detour to the Asteroid Belt, where the future equivalent of a gold rush is in progress; instead of gold, the miners are prospecting for radioactive ores. The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the Planets Mars and Jupiter. A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of Gold. The boys cannily load up on supplies and luxury goods, since history has shown that shopkeepers are much more likely to get rich than miners. On the trip, the flat cat gives birth, its children do the same, and before they know it, the Stones are knee deep in purring Martians, all happily eating the food they were going to sell. They finally put the creatures in a low-temperature hold to get them to hibernate. For the ability of certain operating systems see Hibernate (OS feature Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression Once they reach the asteroids, they are pleasantly surprised to discover that the lonely miners are willing to pay for the Stones' unwanted pets. Then Buster and Hazel get lost, and Hazel almost dies before they are rescued by the twins.
At the end, they decide to indulge their wanderlust further by traveling to Saturn to see the rings. Wanderlust is a Loanword from German to English that designates a strong desire for or impulse to wander or in modern usage to travel and to explore
Connections to other Heinlein works
This book makes reference to Hazel Stone as an influential figure in the Lunar Revolution. Hazel Stone is a fictional character created by Robert A Heinlein and featured in The Rolling Stones, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Fourteen years later, Heinlein published The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which tells the story of that conflict, including the small, but vital role that Hazel Stone played as a child. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 Science fiction Novel by American writer Robert A Hazel, Castor and Pollux reappear in The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. The Number of the Beast is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Hazel, alone, appears in To Sail Beyond the Sunset. To Sail Beyond the Sunset is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A
Dr. Lowell Stone ("Buster") is quoted in interstitial material in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, and referenced as Chief Surgeon at Ceres General. Ceres (ˈsɪəriːz In that same book, Hazel states that Roger and Edith are now living in the extrasolar colony known as Fiddler's Green (which itself was first named in Friday). Friday is a 1982 Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein. It is the story of a female "artificial person" the titular character
The generic description of the Martian met by Lowell is similar to the description of the Martians depicted in Stranger in a Strange Land and Red Planet. Stranger in a Strange Land is a best-selling 1961 Hugo Award -winning Science fiction Novel by Robert A Red Planet is a 1949 Science fiction novel by Robert A Heinlein about students at boarding school on the planet Mars.
External links
- The Rolling Stones publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database