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Originally Posted by alansplace
What do you think about Ben's Heinlein comparison?  |
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Originally Posted by CRussel
Well, it's targeted at the same audience, certainly. But it's not "space opera", it's "Fisherman's Opera" if you will.  But certainly some of the same appeal. I _like_ Heinlein's YA books, in general, and I liked this in many of the same ways. |
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Originally Posted by BenG
I was thinking of Heinlein's usual plot: young person faces problems, learns from them to become a trustworthy, self-reliant person.
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Turns out I have a free Kindle ebook (actually I picked up three free Kiplings at Amazon some time back,
Captains Courageous,
The Jungle Book and
Kim).