![]() ![]() Nowadays, though, when I read a sci-fi book, I am more interested in what it can tell me about the past. Heinlein in Citizen of the Galaxy has plenty to say about the future, as his characters cross the galaxy on faster-than-light starships. Of course I knew that the future portrayed was imaginary, but I liked partaking of the author’s imaginings of what the future had to bring. The book is a good read, and it provided a welcome diversion from teaching and dissertation work.Īs a child and teenager, I would read science fiction to learn about the future. ![]() The book is an engaging space-opera tale of a young man who is a slave turned fugitive turned trader turned military recruit turned industrialist. I recently read the classic science fiction novel Citizen of the Galaxy, by Robert Heinlein. Heinlein’s novel Citizen of the Galaxy (1957). Warning! This post contains plot spoilers for Robert A. ![]()
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