Is Have Spacesuit--Will Travel (1958) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 42 / 100 (slightly CHUD-leaning). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1958.
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Why: Libertarian-leaning sci-fi; individualist themes
A science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (August, September, October 1958) and published by Scribner's in hardcover in 1958. It is the last of the Heinlein juveniles. Plot summary: Clifford "Kip" Russell, enters an advertising jingle writing contest, hoping to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Moon. He instead gets a used space suit. Kip puts the suit (which he dubs "Oscar") back into working condition. Kip reluctantly decides to return his space suit for a cash prize to help pay for college, but puts it on for one last walk. As he idly broadcasts on his shortwave radio, someone…