Lucky Starr & The Rings of Saturn by Isaac Asimov (EPUB)

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Lucky and Bigman Jones try to intercept a spy’s secret message, but are captured by their enemies, the Sirians, and held prisoner in a secret military base on Titan

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⭐I read these as a child/preteen and loved the invincibility of the hero. Ordered them for nostalgic reading after rereading asimov’s Foundation trilogy. Fun!

⭐Well my goodness! Where are the legions of Asmovians posting 5-star reviews of this book? If I hadn’t lost my password to the secret Asmovian web site I would go there and without a doubt in just days, nay hours, there would be a whole horde of 5-star reviews posted for this book.Seriously the Lucky Starr series of books was a great, entertaining and very imaginative series of books and I suggest they be read in order:David Starr, Space RangerLucky Starr and the Pirates of the AsteroidsLucky Starr and the Oceans of VenusLucky Starr and the Big Sun of MercuryLucky Starr and the Moons of JupiterLucky Starr and the Rings of SaturnIt is true that the descriptions of the planets are wrong but I do not think that detracts from the wonderful stories being told in these books.I considered saying `outdated’ instead of `wrong’ because at the time Asimov went with the best scientific data of the planets available and it turns out the best scientific data at the time was incorrect but I went with `wrong’ because, well that’s the way it turned out. Also, I think these books could be a marvelous way to spark a discussion about all we’ve learned about the planets since the books were written and Asimov himself was a truly great author in making science understandable and some of his later science books address the information we’ve found out about the planets in the latter half of the twentieth century and mention the Lucky Starr series.The Lucky Starr series was supposed to be `juvenile fiction’ but very similar to the `juvenile fiction’ written by Robert Heinlein, (a contemporary of Asimov), the books, I think, stand up very well to adult audiences as well as to the youth.The last book in the series, Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn is probably the most `adult’ of the series and gets a bit serious in some places and in my opinion Lucky’s sidekick Bigman Jones gets a well deserved chance to expand his role in the books and become a more three dimensional character. The biggest problem with Rings of Saturn is that it leaves you wanting more of the series and there isn’t any. Sigh.If it hasn’t been obvious yet I consider myself one of Asimov’s most loyal fans and would recommend almost anything the man ever wrote but I especially do not want to see the Lucky Starr series overlooked.

⭐This volume is the eighth and last in the Lucky Starr series for teenagers, originally published under the pseudonym Paul French. A secret agent for Earth’s enemy, Sirius, has stolen some intelligence and escaped to the moons of Saturn. Lucky Starr and his friend Bigman race to Saturn only to discover an enemy base set up on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Somehow they have to return to Earth and force the Sirians out of the Solar System without starting an interstellar war. The story line in Asimov’s novel involves the settling of an “enemy” of Earth within Earth’s region of space. It’s amazing how close Asimov was to an analogous situation in recent history. A short while after this book appeared, there was a revolution in Cuba which resulted in the Soviet Union having an ally close to the U.S. mainland. More moons are now known to orbit Saturn than were known in 1958; there are at least twenty satellites. In the novel, two moons play central roles: Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons, and Mimas, which Asimov (in 1958) states is the moon closest to the planet. However, we now know of closer moons. A photograph of Mimas taken by a fly-by probe shows a giant impact crater having a diameter about one-third that of Mimas. The crater, now named Hershel, has walls of about 16000 feet in height and a central mountain reaching up to 20000 feet. Just as in Asimov’s novel, Mimas appears to be made up of mostly water ice, with 20%-to-50% rock. Titan has a substantial atmosphere, mostly nitrogen with some methane.

⭐Good book, fast delivery. I would purchase from this seller again.

⭐this was the last of the starr books i read and great for light reading

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