XPost: alt.fan.heinlein
On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:31:07 -0500, Lynn McGuire
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lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/21/2025 12:43 PM, a425couple wrote:
On 3/19/25 13:34, Lynn McGuire wrote:
"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1)" by Becky Chambers >>> https://www.amazon.com/Long-Small-Angry-Planet-Wayfarers/
dp/0062444131/
The first book of a four book space opera science fiction series. I
read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by
Harper Voyager in 2014 that I bought new on Amazon.
I have it, but have trouble getting "into" it.
My 13 year old grand daughter has read some sci-fi and quite got
into "Sythe". Novel by Neal Shusterman Her mother is fine with that.
How good do you think "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" will
be for her?
(Meanwhile, I gave her a copy of Heinlein's "Star Beast",
but she did not care for it.
I have never read "Sythe". Maybe on the "The Long Way to a Small, Angry >Planet". Not many young girls like Space Opera and not liking the
awesome Space Opera "The Star Beast" is a bad sign.
For years, I "remembered" the protagonist as a girl. Then I re-read
the book. Surprise!
That's how I knew I was reading it again for the very first time. As
happened with other Heinlein's.
If not, then "Among Others" might work.
https://www.amazon.com/Among-Others-Jo-Walton/dp/1250237769
Or "Ariel".
https://www.amazon.com/Ariel-Steven-R-Boyett/dp/0441017940
If you want to stick with Heinlein, I would try Citizen Of The Galaxy, >"The Rolling Stones", or "Double Star". I so want to recommend The
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress but that is probably too deep.
A number of my Six Star List books have girl protagonists. Thirteen is
a precarious age, right between adolescence and young womanhood.
12 and 14? 11 and 15? 10 and 16? 9 and 17? 8 and 17? 7 and 18?
Just trying to get a feel for what range of years would put 13, as
opposed to, say, 16, in that position.
IIRC, 13 is popularly considered to be the /start/ of adolescence. But
perhaps times have changed since 1960.
"The Murderbot Diaries" ???
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