Space
Cadet, Scribner's, 1948
The two cadets Matt and Tex undergo training for the Interplanetary
Patrol in Colorado, in space, and on actual patrol. Following some violent
physical tests to see whether a candidate is able to undergo the rigorous
environment of space, the cadets go training in the school ship As a part
of their traing, Matt and Tex travel as junior officers in the Venus jungles.
Red
Planet, Scribner's, 1949
Jim Marlowe, a teenaged Mars colonist, takes his pet Willis, a Martian
bouncer, away to school with him. The principal impounds Willis, since
pets are not allowed at school. Jim rescues Willis. He runs away from school
with him and his friend Frank. After a wild cross-country trek which
includes a visit to a Martian building, the three are able to thwart a
plot to prevent the colonists from making their annual migration. Thanks
to Willis's ability to record exactly voices and words he has heard, the
colonists revolt against the plan, not wishing to live through an extremely
cold Martian winter in high latitudes.
Farmer
in the Sky, Scribner's, 1950
Emigration to Ganymede and the opportunity to homestead is the choice
of Bill and his family. The flight out is long, and disappointment greets
Bill when the colonists discover that land and equipment are not ready.
Bill is lucky to be assigned an early plot and begins the process of making
soil. In spite of the setback of a massive quake, Bill decides to continue
farming rather than return to Earth for further schooling (serialized as
SatelliteScout,
Boys Life, August, September, October, November 1950.)
Between
Planets, Scribner's, 1951
Don's parents suddenly order him to join them on Mars with explicit
orders for him to bring an odd plastic ring of no apparent value. He leaves
his school on Earth for the space station where's he's to catch his ship.
He meets and befriends a Venus 'dragon', Sir Isaac Newton. His ship is
intercepted by Venus, and Don finds himself shipped to Venus. There he
finds work washing dishes. Several attempts are made to steal the ring.
Then Earth armed forces land and pillage the town. Don joins the Venus
army and reports to no other but Sir Isaac. The ring contains the clue
to a scientific discovery that has been secretely made on Earth. With this
knowledge they are able to bulild an ultrafast ship and weapons to force
Earth to relinquish control of the planets.(serialized as Planets
in Combat, Blue Book, September, October 1951.)
The
Rolling Stones, Scribner's, 1952
The Stone family, at the instigation of the twins, Castor and Pollux,
reconditions a spaceship as a family yacht, The Rolling Stone, and embarks
on various adventures, including selling used bikes on Mars and flat cats
in the asteroids. (serialized as Tramp Space Ship, Boy's Life,
September, Ocrober, November, December 1952.)
Starman
Jones, Scribner's, 1953
This the story of Max Jones's rise from a hillbilly runaway to an acting
captain of a starship. It's a phenomenal memory that retains all the astrogator's
tables needed for astro-navigation that makes Max's rise possible, together
witg the cunning of Sam, an older man who befriends the runaway and gets
him onboard the Asgard with fake credentials.
The
Star Beast, Scribner's, 1954
John Thomas Stuart XI has a pet - Lummox - brought back from a space
trip by an ancestor. Lummie began as a tiny pet, but over the generations
(by earth's standards) has grown huge, and is always in trouble.
Lummies race locates him and demands his return. Mr. Kiku, Under-Secretary
for Spatial Affairs, discovers that Lummox has no wish to leave for his
native planet without his pet, John Thomas. He, she rather, has
been raising John Thomases for generations, and is not looking forward
to a change. (serialized as Star Lummox, The Magazine of Fantasy
& Science Fiction, May, June, July 1954.)
Tunnel
in the Sky, Scribner's, 1955
Stranded on an unknown world, that's where Rod Walker and his classmates
find themselves as part of a survival test. They are are forced to make
their own laws and rules. By the time the new society is viable and children
are born, the group is rescued and returned to Earth, Rod and the others
being forced back into teen roles.
Time
for the Stars, Scribner's, 1956
Tom and Pat, being identical twins, are found to be telepathically
linked when tested by the Long Range Foundation. Tom is the one to go to
the stars on a torch ship and keep up mental contact with his brother Pat
remaining on Earth. At almost light speed time is slowed enormously on
the Lewis & Clark due to time dilatation, as Einstein showed. Tom stays
young, Pat grows old. Eventually, Tom can no longer contact his brother,
but is able to get in touch with Pat's daughter. Later he contacts Pat's
granddaughter, and finally his great-granddaughter Vicki. Tom's ship explores
some new world's, but finally can't go on. Tom is rescued by the first
faster-than-light ship. Coming back to Earth he meets his old brother Pat,
and finds unexpected romance.
Citizen
of the Galaxy, Scribner's, 1957
Thorby is a slave, abducted as an infant and suffering a slave's mistreatment
for years. On Sargon he is sold to Baslim, a beggar, who treats him well.
frees him, adopts him, and teaches him a beggar's tricks. Thorby slowly
comes to know that Baslim is an intelligence agent in disguise, in a war
against slavery. Baslim's work is discovered, and he is murdered. Thorby
finds his way to the Free Traders, according to instructions Baslim put
in his mind. He joins them and learns their ways. Then he is taken to the
Guard and enlisted. Then he is identified being the lost heir to one of
Earth's most powerful and rich families, thus has got the resources to
fight slavery.
(serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, September, October,
November, December 1957.)
Have
Space Suit--Will Travel, Scribner's, 1958
Kip Russell, still at high school, wants to go to the Moon. He wins
a second-hand space suit in a contest, and travels the galaxy with the
help of extraterrestrials. On his return, he still has not visited the
Moon. He is eager to get a good education, and more patient about a visit
to the Moon. (serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
August, September, October 1958.)
Podkayne
of Mars, Putnam, 1963
Sixteen-year-old Podkayne is a girl from Mars who has always wanted
to visit Earth.Her dream comes true, when her uncle invites her and her
brother toEarth. Their trip comes to an unexpected end on Venus. Amid the
chaos of planetary intrigue, Podkayne debates about her career choices,
whether to become a starship captain or a creche engineer. (serialized
in If, November 1962; January, March 1963.)