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This is the first science fiction novel that I recall reading, and fifty years later I still remember it fondly. Kip gets a space suit (much like Charlie gets the golden ticket to the chocolate factory), and embarks on a wonderful interstellar adventure. Heinlein, in his prime, was the best ever.

I've just listened to the audiobook version of the novel, which is a full-cast dramatization rather than a single reader. I rather enjoyed it; the young lady reading Peewee was most expressive, and the sound effects were enjoyable. I was struck by the 1950's feel of the beginning of the book, the portion set on Earth. Andy and Barney and Aunt Bee would have been quite at home. There was one line that made me laugh out loud; he observes that his slip-stick (slide rule) is the best invention since girls. Surely that line got a few chortles back in 1958, too. All in all a most enjoyable story.