5/22/2023 0 Comments Podkayne of marsHeinlein himself wasn’t sure if Podkayne of Mars should be classed as a juvenile novel or not. By today’s standards, Podkayne of Mars is astonishingly clean. I honestly have no idea why Heinlein signed off on this blurb, assuming he was given the chance to object (writers are not always allowed input into everything from cover design to publicity materials anyone who’s actually read the novel will know that, save for a single chaste kiss, there is nothing particularly sexual in the novel. The Back Cover Blurb for the Ace SF EditionĪ person who picked up a book with the above blurb, probably the most misleading blurb in the history of science-fiction, might be forgiven for expecting a softcore porn novel with raunchy doings all over the solar system. An interplanetary bombshell who rocked the constellations when she invaded the Venus Hilton and attached the mighty mechanical men with a strange, overpowering blast of highly explosive Sex Appeal. Tomorrow’s answer to the anti-missile-missile, Podkayne of Mars.
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