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The Robot Rocket by Carey Rockwell {pseud} published in 1956 was the last of the Tom Corbett Space Cadet stories. The first seven are all available in a Megapack volume and these are well-formatted and enjoyably nostalgic to read.
The final volume is still under copyright restrictions but is easily available as a cheap paperback. So if you are a completest it is worth getting.
As to the quality of the story telling, it is really just average. Much of the brio and excitement of the earlier books is less apparent. The team is broken up as Roger is sent off to Mars. His replacement, "Thistle", is really very little different from Roger, so the change seems pointless. A fourth new member is added to create some bonding issues but little else. Ideas in the earlier books are rehashed and one gets the feeling that the series is just running out of steam. I got the book because I am a completest and it is satisfying to have the entire set, but otherwise one could do without it.
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