Farmer in the Sky

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Farmer in the Sky is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenage boy emigrating to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to help colonize and farm the alien world.

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Farmer in the Sky canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
work of fiction
author Robert A. Heinlein
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts adapting agriculture to alien environment
colonization of Ganymede
featuresActivity farming
homesteading
featuresLocationType space colony
firstPublicationVenue Boys’ Life
linked to: Scouting magazine
firstPublishedAs serial
genre science fiction
hasAlternateTitle Satellite Scout
hasCharacter George Lermer
Molly Kenyon
Peggy
hasISBN 978-0-345-31540-2
hasMedium audiobook
hardcover
paperback
print
intendedMarket juvenile market
language English
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction
mainCharacter Bill Lermer
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
originalPublicationYear 1950
partOf Heinlein juveniles
protagonist Bill Lermer
publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons
setting Ganymede
Jupiter system
future
subgenre juvenile science fiction
targetAudience young adult
theme coming of age
family relationships
pioneering life
self-reliance
space colonization
terraforming
timePeriodOfStory near future
workChronologyWithinHeinleinJuveniles early entry

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Robert A. Heinlein notableWork Farmer in the Sky
The Puppet Masters precededBy Farmer in the Sky
Heinlein juveniles includesWork Farmer in the Sky