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From the grand master of science fiction comes this classic story about pioneers at the dawn of space exploration.
Ross Jenkins, Art Mueller, and Morris Abrams are not your average high schools students. While other kids are cruising around in their cars or playing ball, this trio, known as the Galileo Club, is experimenting with rocket fuels, preparing for their future education at technical colleges.
Art's uncle, the nuclear physicist Dr. Donald Cargraves, offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to construct and crew a rocket that will take them to the moon. Cargraves believes their combined ingenuity and enthusiasm can actually make this dream come true—but there are those who don't share their dream and who will stop at nothing to keep their rocket grounded.
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"This book is amazingly dated. No, I take that back, it's more amazing that I didn't find his other books dated. This one reads very cold war, and his others surprisingly still have that quality of this could happen. Sadly, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are a die-hard Heinlein fan."
— Valerie (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Rocket Ship Galileo is a good, entertaining novel. It’s a classic for the right reasons.”
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“A nice piece of science fantasy by an author well known for his science fiction.”
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“Spider is a gifted narrator with a flair for voice characterizations. His natural narrator’s voice…conveys ease, and his pacing is unhurried.”
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" Amazing how much detail Heinlein got right about a trip to the moon in 1947. "
— Willy, 2/8/2014 -
" Certainly the most boring Heinlein book I've read. The second half of the book is actually pretty good, but the first half is super dry. "
— Gerald, 2/6/2014 -
" A friend gave me a stack of books to read. I took the thinnest book to get started: Rocket Ship Galileo. I can understand how it might have been a favorite of his as a kid, written in 1947 before the moon landing. I can imagine my friend dreaming of being an astronaut as a kid and wishing he had a mentor like Doc, who would support him on a wild adventure to the moon; it is in that respect I can enjoy the book, reading through my friend's eyes, but not for the book itself. I had a very hard time buying the initial premise of the story and really from that point, reading became a chore. I managed to get to page 136. The story aims for hard SF stripped of everything, a sort of Hardy Boys SF. The characters were nothing more than stick figures to me. I found it very hard to keep reading especially after "Geewillickers!" I have to add that I'm not a fan of Robert Heinlein, but my friend is. He's determined to change my mind or at least broaden it. I'm very open to reading something outside of my favorites. I often find that there is something to like in everyone's favorite something, even if it's just a little bit like Doc's mentor relationship in Rocket Ship Galileo. "
— Robin, 2/4/2014 -
" I love Heinlein but I just couldnt get past the first chapter of this one "
— Caitlin, 1/21/2014 -
" Stupid. Boys in a home-made rocket ship discover Nazis on the moon! "
— Chris, 1/19/2014 -
" I never looked at the moon the same... "
— Roy, 12/31/2013 -
" gee willikers! This teen fiction from 1947 is really showing its age.. I enjoy Heinleins fiction, but this one is not his best. Worth reading since it is short and shows more of a bygone era. "
— Jerry, 12/22/2013 -
" Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein (1947) "
— Roman, 12/20/2013 -
" One of the first Sci-Fi books I have read. It really excited me about space trave, etc... Of course, I was a preteen boy! "
— Jeff, 11/11/2013 -
" A children's sci-fi book involving rocketry and nazis. "
— Johnathan, 8/23/2013 -
" One of Robert Heinlein's young readers book. It was a light hearted read that was a lot of fun. "
— Matt, 11/8/2012 -
" OK, not great. Better for a younger reader, as it was from Heinlein's juvenile collections "
— Jeff, 4/13/2012 -
" I read this when I was eleven, and it started a life long love of science fiction. Though these days, I don't always approve of Heinlein. "
— James, 4/1/2012 -
" Silly and light without being too ridiculous - nazi's on the moon and all. "
— Lbaker, 1/24/2012 -
" Heinlein's first published book. A 1947 look at travel to the moon. "
— Bill, 8/12/2011 -
" As youngster I found this book irresistible. I read it so many times the book eventually fell apart into tatters. "
— Benjamin, 7/3/2011 -
" Written in 1947, this book is more fiction than science, and truly more of an adventure book than anything else. Still, a good, fun little romp. "
— Lauri, 3/5/2011 -
" Great book. I love the way that Heinlein was consistently successful at predicting the science of the future (maybe even inspiring it). This story is enjoyable. I especially recommend it for anyone who has ever dreamed of going to the moon. "
— Paul, 3/3/2011 -
" OK, not great. Better for a younger reader, as it was from Heinlein's juvenile collections "
— Jeff, 2/24/2011 -
" Heinlein's first published book. A 1947 look at travel to the moon. "
— Bill, 7/26/2010 -
" One of the lamest and most ridculous of Heinlein's books (that I've read anyway)one of his earliest works as well. <br/>Luckily it was short or I might have not finished it. <br/>Nazis on the moon? Kids in space? (Rolling my eyes) <br/>I'll read one of his later books next time! "
— Deborah, 5/18/2010 -
" Surprising[ly silly:] twist at the end. Did not like the places where it focused on science, while it completely glossed over or forgot other areas of necessary scientific concern. "
— Andrewcharles420, 2/25/2010 -
" Good...probably real good during its time. Listened to the audiobook. "
— ERNEST, 2/16/2010 -
" An okay juvenille tale about three teenagers and a physicist building a rocket and going to the moon. <br/> "
— Frank, 9/6/2009 -
" Stupid. Boys in a home-made rocket ship discover Nazis on the moon! "
— Chris, 6/21/2009 -
" Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein (1947) "
— Roman, 3/31/2009
About Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) is widely recognized as one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, a status confirmed in 1974 when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. A four-time Hugo Award winner, he is best known for such works as Starship Troopers, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and the sensational bestseller Stranger in a Strange Land. Several of his books were New York Times bestsellers, and his worldwide bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages.
About Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson is renowned for his Callahan’s Place series of bestselling novels. With his late wife, Jeanne, he wrote the award-winning Stardance series. As an audiobook reader of his own and others’ work, he has won the Earphones Award and been a finalist for the Audie Awards. In 2008, he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award for Lifetime Excellence in Literature.