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Citizen of the Galaxy

Robert A. Heinlein · 1957 · Novel

Setting: far future (galactic)

Synopsis

From helpless slave to beloved son to aspiring merchant to prodigal heir, Citizen of the Galaxy shows the inner and outer growth of a young man in a far-flung Galactic culture. From the moment he is bought and freed by the beggar Baslim (who is far more than he seems), young Toby learns the values of family, self-reliance, discipline, and self-knowledge. Galactic in its scope and personal in its depth, Citizen of the Galaxy is a well-crafted coming of age story set against a galaxy of contrasts. In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Science fictionTranslations into RussianSpace flight -- FictionChildren's storiesJuvenile fictionSlavesInterplanetary voyagesFiction, science fiction, generalAmerican Science fictionChild slaves

isfdb_id: 2233

openlibrary_id: OL59679W

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