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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

JuvenileScience Fiction
Pages
256
Published
1952
Language
English

Synopsis

Join the Stone family on a wild and rollicking tour of the Solar System! Twins Castor and Pollux are ready for adventure, but their parents have bigger plans than just a simple business venture. From Mars to the asteroid belt and beyond, this family discovers strange creatures, interplanetary economics, and the unexpected challenges of life among the stars.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousLightheartedFunny
Coming of AgeRoad TripFamily SagaQuest

Genres

Juvenile Science Fiction Space Opera Young Adult

About the author

R
Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer, born in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929 and served in the Navy until 1934, afterwards studying mathematics and physics briefly at UCLA. He sold his first story, "Life-Line", to Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and became one of that magazine's leading contributors. In the late 1940s he was among the first science fiction authors to place work in general-interest magazines such...

Characters

Castor StoneProtagonist
Pollux StoneProtagonist
Grandma Hazel StoneSupporting
All characters in The Rolling Stones

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Rolling Stones a standalone novel?

    While it features recurring characters, The Rolling Stones can be enjoyed as a complete story on its own without needing to read other books by Robert A. Heinlein first.

  • How does this book connect to Heinlein's other works?

    The Rolling Stones is part of Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" series, sharing a common timeline and some thematic elements with other novels and short stories in that collection, though it focuses on a distinct family's adventures.