barryhaworth 's review for:

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

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Another Heinlein juvenile which I haven't read since high school. This one tells the story of a young man and his father who leave an overcrowded Earth to join a new colony on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. I have no particular memory of the book from the first time I read it except for the family with the apple tree; but this time around I was struck by the description of how Ganymede is terraformed - not the most obvious candidate for terraforming, but with unlimited power (from total conversion reactors) the method described sounds plausible at least. I also enjoyed the description of the sky - enormous Jupiter going through its phases over the course of a week, the other Jovian moons moving through the sky.

Plot wise, not a whole lot happens in this story. The attraction is that of exploring a world.