Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Year: 1952
Type: NOVEL
Storylen: juvenile
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_%28novel%29
ISFDB Record Number: 1284
Note: First serialized in compressed form in Boys' Life Sep-Dec 1952 as Tramp Space Ship. This book makes reference to Hazel Stone as an influential figure in the Lunar Revolution. Fourteen years later, Heinlein published The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which tells the story of that conflict, including the small, but vital role that Hazel Stone played as a child. Hazel, Castor, and Pollux reappear in The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Hazel, alone, appears in To Sail Beyond the Sunset. Dr. Lowell Stone ("Buster") is quoted in interstitial material in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls and referenced as Chief Surgeon at Ceres General. In that same book, Hazel states that Roger and Edith are now living in the extrasolar colony known as Fiddler's Green (which itself was first named in Friday). The generic description of the Martian met by Lowell is similar to the description of the Martians depicted in Stranger in a Strange Land and Red Planet. (Wikipedia)
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Variant Titles:
- Space Family Stone (1952) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Space Family Stone (1973) - Robert Heinlein
Magazine Appearances:
- Tramp Space Ship (Part 1 of 4) (1952) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Tramp Space Ship (Part 2 of 4) (1952) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Tramp Space Ship (Part 3 of 4) (1952) - Robert A. Heinlein
- Tramp Space Ship (Part 4 of 4) (1952) - Robert A. Heinlein
Awards:
- 1989 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)
Publications:
- Boys' Life, September 1952, (Sep 1952, ed. Editors of Boys' Life, magazine)
- Boys' Life, October 1952, (Oct 1952, ed. Editors of Boys' Life, magazine)
- Boys' Life, November 1952, (Nov 1952, ed. Editors of Boys' Life, magazine)
- The Rolling Stones, (Dec 1952, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Charles Scribner's Sons, $2.50, 276pp, hc) Cover: Clifford Geary
- The Rolling Stones, (Dec 1952, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. S. J. R. Saunders, C$3.25, 276pp, hc) Cover: Clifford Geary
- Boys' Life, December 1952, (Dec 1952, ed. Editors of Boys' Life, magazine)
- Space Family Stone, (Sep 1969, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-00352-9, £, 267pp, hc) Cover: Alan Breese
- The Rolling Stones, (Nov 1970, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Ace, #73440, $0.95, 253pp, pb) Cover: Steele Savage - [VERIFIED]
- Space Family Stone, (Feb 1971, Robert Heinlein, publ. NEL, 0-450-00663-8, £0.30, 171pp, pb) Cover: Gordon C. Davies - [VERIFIED]
- Space Family Stone, (Mar 1973, Robert Heinlein, publ. NEL, 0-450-00663-8, £0.30, 171pp, pb) Cover: Gordon C. Davies - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (Mar 1975, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Ace, #73441, $1.25, 253pp, pb) Cover: Steele Savage
- The Rolling Stones, (Jun 1977, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-26067-8, $1.50, 253pp, pb) Cover: Darrell Sweet - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (Feb 1978, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-27581-0, $1.75, 253pp, pb) Cover: Darrell K. Sweet
- Space Family Stone, (May 1978, Robert Heinlein, publ. NEL, 0-450-04223-5, £0.80, 171pp, pb) Cover: Gordon C. Davies - [VERIFIED]
- Space Family Stone, (Aug 1978, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Cambridge University Press, 0-521-21919-1, £, 168pp, pb)
- The Rolling Stones, (Jul 1981, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-30332-6, $2.25, 253pp, pb) Cover: Darrell Sweet - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (Jul 1983, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-30332-6, $2.25, 253pp, pb) Cover: Darrell K. Sweet
- The Rolling Stones, (Jan 1985, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-32451-X, $2.95, 253pp, pb) Cover: Darrell K. Sweet - [VERIFIED]
- Space Family Stone, (Sep 1985, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. NEL, 0-450-04223-5, £2.25, 171pp, pb)
- To The Stars, (Mar 2004, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Science Fiction Book Club, 0-7394-4260-0, $14.99, 722pp, hc, omni) Cover: Bruce Jensen - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (Feb 2005, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Full Cast Audio, 1-932076-80-8, audio CD) Cover: Jerry Russell
- The Rolling Stones, (May 2005, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Full Cast Audio, 1-933322-31-4, $55.00, audio CD) Cover: Jerry Russell
- The Rolling Stones, (Dec 2008, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #15), 978-1-897350-20-1, v+187pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (Mar 2009, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Baen, 1-4165-9149-4, $13.99, 229pp, tp) Cover: Bob Eggleton
- The Rolling Stones, (Mar 2009, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Baen, 1-4165-9149-4, $6.00, ebook) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
- The Rolling Stones, (May 2010, Robert A. Heinlein, publ. Baen, 978-1-4391-3356-9, $7.99, 309pp, pb) Cover: Bob Eggleton - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Damon Knight (1952) in Science Fiction Adventures, July 1953, (1953)
- Review by George O. Smith (1952) in Space Science Fiction, May 1953, (1953)
- Review by The Editors (1953) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953
- Review by Groff Conklin (1953) in Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1953
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1953) in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1953
- Review by Charlie Brown (1971) in Locus, #71 January 6, 1971
- Review by Fred Patten (1971) in Locus, #80 April 15, 1971
- Review by Lester del Rey (1971) in If, July-August 1971
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