Podkayne of Mars in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Feb 03, 2011 Andrew rated it liked it · review of another edition

First to set the edition - this is the version of the book with the single ending - those of you who are aware know that its publishers demanded a rewrite as they were not happy with the original ending Heinlein wrote.
The second point to make is - take a look at the stories original publication date - my version is dated 1963.
The reason for these two points is that reading other peoples review they seem to either love it or hate it, glossing over or ridiculing many of its aspects - from characte ...more

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Sep 05, 2007 Tracey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, audiobook, libraryread-idm

Audiobook - April 2018 -- very nice performance by Emily Janice Card, particularly expressing Podkayne's exuberance. The text occasionally made me grit my teeth (not 100% a fan of RAH's portrayal of female characters) but I still enjoy the story.

I did sneak in a quick re-read of Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein within a weekend. Interesting to see a RAH heroine in teenage form; despite the work being dated both technologically and sociologically.

My copy is the Baen paperback where they prin ...more

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Dec 09, 2011 Cindywho rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy-sf, ya

It had been a while since I'd been exposed the that dirty old man, Heinlein. I was hoping that the sometimes fun and happy go lucky tone that I remembered could carry the story, but sadly, poor Podkayne becomes a teenage mouthpiece for his gender policing. She starts out with dreams of becoming a spaceship captain and her mom is a successful engineer, but her voyage to Venus brings out the baby-crazy in her and she narrows her vision. The reader is good at perky, but there's nothing she could do ...more

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