Farmer in the Sky

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Farmer in the Sky is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenage boy emigrating to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to help colonize and farm the alien world.

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Farmer in the Sky canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts adapting agriculture to alien environment ⓘ
colonization of Ganymede ⓘ
featuresActivity farming ⓘ
homesteading ⓘ
featuresLocationType space colony ⓘ
firstPublicationVenue Boys’ Life ⓘ
linked to: Scouting magazine
firstPublishedAs serial ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle Satellite Scout ⓘ
hasCharacter George Lermer ⓘ
Molly Kenyon ⓘ
Peggy ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-345-31540-2 ⓘ
hasMedium audiobook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
intendedMarket juvenile market ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Bill Lermer ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1950 ⓘ
partOf Heinlein juveniles ⓘ
protagonist Bill Lermer ⓘ
publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons ⓘ
setting Ganymede ⓘ
Jupiter system ⓘ
future ⓘ
subgenre juvenile science fiction ⓘ
targetAudience young adult ⓘ
theme coming of age ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
pioneering life ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
space colonization ⓘ
terraforming ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory near future ⓘ
workChronologyWithinHeinleinJuveniles early entry ⓘ

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Robert A. Heinlein → notableWork → Farmer in the Sky ⓘ
The Puppet Masters → precededBy → Farmer in the Sky ⓘ
Heinlein juveniles → includesWork → Farmer in the Sky ⓘ