This is the 4th podcast for the Baker sisters Hugh Project and this is another retro Hugo; Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein.  This young adult science fiction novel was first published in 1950, it won the retro Hugo in 2001 and could be considered a great novel for a boy scout enthusiast. Sadly neither sister are themselves scouting enthusiasts.  

Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:

00:58  History Lesson

05:34  We finally get to the book itself and it’s a book for boy scouts!

10:00  Alice reads the back cover - if you want a synopsis

06:19  Open discussion - starting with “what are the big lessons”

28:31  We talk about some of the science-y ideas

37:59  Coming of Age in SPAACEEE segues into filk singing and back again

41:30  Alien Objects or BDO

47:44 The Five Questions

Music by Carl Miles