The Boy Scouts are mentioned by name with ranks, organization, and merit badges all intact.
Chief engineers are very carefully chosen, Bill, and not just for their technical knowledge." "I mean that the assistant chief engineer would succeed to the position of chief a few minutes later.
Perilous Power Source: Bill's father explains why they have an engineer along in space, when the engine is a radioactive torch that can't be shut off in flight.Nuclear Torch Rocket: The colony ship uses a fusion torch.He is suprised and not a little upset when his father explains that he's marrying her because he loves her. When Bill's father brings home a woman and explains that she's going to be Bill's stepmother, Bill assumes they're only doing it because the company funding the colonization prefers married couples. Farmboy: As above, Bill Lermer and his family emigrate from Greater Los Angeles on an overcrowded Earth to Ganymede to become a Determined Homesteader farmer.Famous, Famous, Fictional: ".the first California settlers starved, nobody knows what happened to the Roanoke Colony, and the first two expeditions to Venus died to the last man".
Determined Homesteader: The Lermer family are Determined Homesteaders In SPACE.Colony Ship: Like its historical namesake the spaceship Mayflower is taking a group of families to a new world, where they seek to make new homes and new lives for themselves.Class Trip: The protagonist casually mentions they've just been on a class trip to Antarctica, to help establish the wonderful world of the future.could hardly talk, which isn't like her." When he is injured and she visits him in the hospital, ". Chaste Hero: Bill doesn't understand why Gretchen would get upset when she comes over to help him with setting up the interior of his home and he suggests having Sergei's sister also help because there is a lot of work to do.Author Catchphrase: Characters say "So?", with context making it clear it's meant in the sense of "Is that so?".In best Heinlein tradition, it's something close to a long essay on how to colonize new worlds disguised as a novel, with a Slice of Life plot and characters with lots of pioneer spirit.The novel was awarded a Retro Hugo Award in 2001. William "Bill" Lermer and his family emigrate from Earth to Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons, which has been terraformed into an environment capable of supporting humans but still needs a lot of work to properly support them. Farmer In The Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by Robert A.
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