Podkayne of Mars

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

A tale beloved by many fans of Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars tells the story of a young Marswoman and her interplanetary adventures with her uncle and her genius brother. Told largely through Podkayne's diaries, the story details her travel to Earth with her two companions. Podkayne has definite plans on what to do and how to do it, but not everything is as it seems. She is suddenly thrust into the middle of life-or-death situations when the liner they are traveling on makes a stop at Venus.

Heinlein was originally asked to change the controversial ending, and he reluctantly did. But he felt the original ending better suited the story and was never satisfied with the modified "safer" ending. This edition restores the book to how Heinlein originally wrote it. It also includes a letter to his agent decrying the changes asked for by his original publisher.

©2016 Robert A. Heinlein (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Very imaginative.

Great story, written by the Master. He captured the soul of Pod and the world's that she experienced including the political of these planets.

Twisted ending

I have always enjoyed this author and he's has been as much as the teacher as an author. Most of his books have happy or semi happy endings. This one doesn't come close to a happy in it, but it's more real life than previous books endings.

Good story if a bit misogynistic.

Good story, but a bit of a creature of its time. The protagonist come through as overly emotional and naive. They way men of the era regarded women.

This is an abridged version of the original

This version omits the telephone call at the end of the story that uncle Tom had with Podkane's parents and his scolding of them for the way they raised their their children. It also makes clear that Podkane survived the explosion. This version infers that she died. I don't know why they had to change the story this way.

Revised Ed

Not my favorite HEINLEIN title,but enjoyable all the same. I believe the other audio book available on Audible is the original ending. Some one please correct me if Iam wrong