THE ROLLING STONES. [ACE 73440.]

US,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.thus.Near FINE.No owner inscrptn,no previous bookseller's inked price to covers,and no price removal (95c) to cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Steele Savage, illustrated front cover with orange+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Spine without any reading creases.All edges either coloured salmon-pinkish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.US,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,7-253pp [paginated] includes XIX (19) chapters; plus [unpaginated] story blurb,title page,contents list/table and to the rear, 3pp publisher's advert.
Follows the rollicking adventures of the Stone family as they tour the solar system.It doesnt seem likely for twins to have the same middle name.Even so,it s clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have Trouble written in that spot on their birth certificates.Of course,anyone who's met their grandmother Hazel would know they came by it honestly. Join the Stone twins as they connive,cajole,and bamboozle their way across the solar system in the company of the most high-spirited and hilarious family in all of science fiction.It all starts when the twins decide that life on the lunar colony is too dull and buy their own spaceship to go into business for themselves.Before long they are headed for the furthest reaches of the stars,with stops on Mars, some asteroids,Titan,and beyond.
After author's debut children's SF (Rocketship Galileo - see my book ID rja918621) followed by 'Space Cadet' (1948),'Red Planet' (1949), 'Farmer in the Sky' (1950), 'Between Planets' (1951),'The Rolling Stones' (1952 - titled 'Space Family Stone' in the UK issue),'Starman Jones' (1953),'The Star Beast' (1954), another couple (1955-6) and 'Citizen of the Galaxy'(1957).The last 3 named regarded as his best and finest of that genre.
Between the years 1943-46 Heinlein published no fiction, but in 1947 he expanded his writing in two new directions: selling a number of short stories to The Saturday Evening Post and other "slick" magazines,and he published a juvenile SF novel 'Rocket Ship Galileo' (1947) which was the first in a series which is the most important contribution any writer made to Children's SF.
This title (R G) is one of his several popular novels for the juvenile market,on which George Pal's competent film, Destination Moon (1950),was based and which was also scripted by RAH.His early reputation was quickly established with a number of effective stories in 'Astounding Stories' (which became 'Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact' in 1960.) using pseudonyms 'Anson MacDonald' and 'Lyle Monroe'.
Encouraged by one of the magazine's many editors,namely John W. Campbell** - search my SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogue for examples whilst under this magazine's editorship, during his 'Astounding' period, Heinlein embarked on a 'Future History' series into which many of his tales could be conveniently slotted.
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