"Farmer in the Sky" by Robert A. Heinlein. NY: Scribner's, 1950. First Edition
Bill and his family start off, with many others, on the spaceship Mayflower. Food is becoming increasingly scarce on Earth and they are going to try scientific farming on one of Jupiter’s moons, which is in the process of being terraformed. Life on Ganymede is adventurous, but it is not easy. The process of farming there is a struggle but fascinating. The family, in building a new house, discovers the delights of windows and a fireplace – features which are at that time not present in houses on Earth. Then comes a great disaster. Do they come through it and remain on Ganymede, or do they return to Earth?
"Farmer in the Sky" by Robert A. Heinlein. NY: Scribner's, 1950. First Edition
Bill and his family start off, with many others, on the spaceship Mayflower. Food is becoming increasingly scarce on Earth and they are going to try scientific farming on one of Jupiter’s moons, which is in the process of being terraformed. Life on Ganymede is adventurous, but it is not easy. The process of farming there is a struggle but fascinating. The family, in building a new house, discovers the delights of windows and a fireplace – features which are at that time not present in houses on Earth. Then comes a great disaster. Do they come through it and remain on Ganymede, or do they return to Earth?