Starman Jones
by Robert A. Heinlein
Taste attributes: science fictionadventureteenfastfresh & originalwholesomeimaginaryglossybig & variedunderdog triumphsempowerment/personal growthall consuming quest
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is wholesome and expansive. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
4.0 / 5
9 ratings
About This Book
When his stepmother's remarriage drives him from home, Max and a hobo fake their way into the Space Stewards, Cooks, and Purser's Clerks brotherhood to get an opportunity for space travel in an age when only the wealthy are privileged.
Description: Open Library
Characteristics
Where this book sits on each taste spectrum
Genres and themes
Subjects
Details
- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 261
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- Open Library
How book matches work
Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.
More books
Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.
Browse Books