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	Farmer in the Sky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Farmer In The Sky is a 1950 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a boy who emigrates to Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which is in the process of being terraformed, and who creates a farm out of gravel.
		In fact, the "soil" has to be created from scratch by pulverizing rocks and seeding the resulting dust with carefully prepared organic material.
		While some predictably whine about the injustice, Bill lands a job with an already-established farmer and his family to learn the ropes, while his father signs on as an engineer in town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farmer_in_the_Sky (511 words)

	Blue Sky Designs:Farmer of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sally Coverdell knew her husband, Ken, was going to be named 2004 Farmer of the Year, but she didn’t breathe a word about it for at least six months.
		The Farmer of the Year award recognized Ken Coverdell’s presentation at high school career day, his helping hand with homecoming class projects and musicals, and one of his favorite pastimes being the voice of the local football team at home games.
		On the Coastside County Water Board since 1992, Coverdell is an active CLCA member, having served as the co-chair of the Chapter Presidents Council and as the treasurer, vice president, president and chairman of the board of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
	www.blueskydesignsinc.com /farmer.htm (448 words)

	Farmer
		A farmer is someone who has an ownership interest in crops[?] or livestock, and who provides labor or management in their production.
		The Dutch word for farmer is boer, from which the Boer people of South Africa took their name.
		Farmer In The Sky, science-fiction novel, Robert Heinlein
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fa/Farmer.html (68 words)

	eBay - roberts farmers, Nonfiction Books, Antiquarian Collectible items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction PB
		Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (1990)
		Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein; Scott Brick
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=roberts+farmers&...&krd=1 (540 words)

	Digital Analogue: Farmer in the Sky
		I knew that Robert Heinlein had written some YA fiction in his day, and I'd even read some of his novels that I later found out were part of that group.
		This is the first one that I pegged as such from the start: Farmer in the Sky is an adventure told from the perspective of a boy about 14 years old.
		Aside from reading like a piece of Boy Scout recruiting propaganda, it was a fun read; Bill, the protagonist, gets to adventure out as a pioneer settling on Ganymede, with all of Heinlein's usual attention to the various scientific details of the thing.
	www.blahedo.org /blog/archives/000318.html (149 words)

	Farmer in the Sky
		I am not one for lengthy descriptions, but Heinlein's view of the Ganymedian sky is breathtaking.
		Not only did he manage beautifully to bring to life the exotic star dome with a handful of moons gracing the sky, but one wonders how much he had to read to make it that believable.
		In keeping with the lessons of history, the colony is almost wiped out when an earth, I mean, ganyquake destroys almost all buildings and, most importantly, the power plant that provides the heat trap.
	www.gotterdammerung.org /books/robert-heinlein/farmer-in-the-sky.html (828 words)

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		In his discussion of the Heinlein Individual, Panshin singles out this book: "The narrator of Farmer in the Sky is not naïve enough to be called a pure stage one, and his friend and sometime-mentor, Hank Jones, is not quite knowing or cynical enough to be a pure stage two." [Heinlein in Dimension, p.
		It's somewhat disturbing to realize that most of the farmers in the sky are in fact sharecroppers of the Colonial Commission; they have pledged their land in return for various improvements, both to the land itself and the materials needed to work it: "[When] you start to farming.
		Farmer in the Sky begins in close focus and then gradually slips away until large amounts of time are covered in sentences.
	members.iglou.com /jtmajor/Farmer.htm (11628 words)

	Farmer in the Sky Summary / Study Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Farmer in the Sky allows us to see what happens to a group of people who are removed from their usual environment and placed in a new one.
		The settings of the transport ship and the Ganymede facilities resemble a laboratory, and the pioneers refer to their planet-roving expeditions as "experiments." In these laboratories and through these experiments, the unfamiliar surroundings of Ganymede and the familiar habits brought from Earth are intermingled to create a new breed of explorer and settler.
		Tell a friend about Farmer in the Sky at eNotes.
	www.enotes.com /farmer-sky-qn/50033 (149 words)

	Flagstaff Community Farmer's Market starts Community Supported Agriculture Project
		The Flagstaff Community Farmers Market is starting a Community Supported Agriculture Project for Flagstaff-area residents during the fall, winter and spring season when the Farmers Market is not holding its weekend events.
		Crooked Sky Farms farmer Frank Martin was born and raised in Arizona.
		The original purpose of a CSA was for the community to share risk with the farmer by purchasing a "share" or "subscription" in the future harvest.
	www.flagteaparty.org /Publications/Headlines/Pages/2002/aug_2002/CSA.html (772 words)

	Heinlein in Dimension, Chapter 3, Part 2
		A large portion of Farmer in the Sky appeared as a four-part serial in Boys' Life under the title Satellite Scout.
		Heinlein seems to have a particular fondness for Ganymede: one of the young fellows in Space Cadet was a Ganymedean colonist, the hero of Between Planets was born in a ship that was on its way to Ganymede; Farmer in the Sky is about the settling of Ganymede.
		In Farmer in the Sky, a heat trap that holds heat and light has been set up to give the moon a livable climate.
	www.enter.net /~torve/critics/Dimension/hd03-2.html (3623 words)

	"A Look At the Candidates for the 1950 Retro Hugo" by Richard Horton
		I nominated the Bradbury, the Peake, the Vance, the Sturgeon, and the Leiber.
		The eventual nominations were for Pebble in the Sky, Farmer in the Sky, The Dying Earth, First Lensman, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
		Farmer in the Sky is not in my opinion one of Heinlein's best juveniles, but it's a solid and enjoyable work, and its award isn't a disgrace.
	www.sff.net /people/Richard.Horton/retro50.htm (2871 words)

	Robert A Heinlein Biography and List of Works - Robert A Heinlein Books
		Many of these were first published in serial form under other titles, e.g., Farmer in the Sky was published as "Satellite Scout" in the Boy Scout magazine Boy's Life.
		Asian civilization is sometimes treated negatively in his work, as in his 1949 novel Sixth Column, in which the U.S. defends itself against invasion using a ray that only kills people with "asiatic blood;" the topic was pushed on Heinlein by an editor, and he was apparently embarrassed by the story later in his life.
		Tunnel in the Sky and Farmer in the Sky both contain negative depictions of overpopulation in Asia.
	www.biblio.com /authors/224/Robert_A_Heinlein_Biography.html (3076 words)

	The farmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the farmer pulls up in a rusted pick-up older than the Nova Lens nods gratefully.
		The stars are out in the eastern partition of the two tone sky.
		Though there'd be a town," Lens says as he walks towards the once cherry red now oxide red pickup.
	www.hypertxt.com /sh/hyper98/projection/lens4.html (137 words)

	Montykins: More Heinlein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I've read a letter written by John Campbell (editor of "Astounding Science Fiction") early in the history of science fiction, encouraging his writers to do more "space exploration" stories on the theory that readers needed to get acclimated to the idea that space could be explored before writers could move on to more expansive stories.
		Plus, Farmer in the Sky originally appeared in Boy's Life Magazine, the official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America, so you can see how a heavy Scout element might have been called for.
		Especially since Bill turns out to be a much better farmer (in the sky!) than George or the new family.
	www.montykins.com /mkins/000649.html (2215 words)

	Quotable Heinlein Discussion Boards - "2001 Hugo Award Nominations"
		RAH, like many other of the 'older' SF writers, got a little short changed in the Hugo department as many of their works were published before the Hugos were implemented.
		As to Farmer in the Sky: awesome novel; I would never say no. But talk about your competition.
		Farmer in the Sky versus Narnia is a tough choice, but much as I like RAH I think my vote would have to go with Lewis.
	www.quotableheinlein.com /dcforum/DCForumID14/95.html (1389 words)

	Lost Books Guest Reviews - Tunnel in the Sky - Review by Marian Powell
		The "tunnel in the sky" that brought him to the planet fails to reappear.
		The others are Space Cadet, Red Planet, Farmer in the Sky, Between Planets, The Rolling Stones, Starman Jones, The Star Beast, Tunnel in the Sky, Time for the Stars, Citizen of the Galaxy and Have Spacesuit, Will Travel.
		One reason to like Tunnel in the Sky is that it has three strong female characters.
	www.lostbooks.org /guestreviews/2002-04-01-1.html (816 words)

	Farmer in the Sky Summary & Study Guide
		Farmer in the Sky Summary & Study Guide
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		Get the Farmer in the Sky Short Guide—9 pages in all.
	www.bookrags.com /shortguide-farmer-in-the-sky/copyright.html (250 words)

	Amazon.com: Tunnel in the Sky: Books: Robert A. Heinlein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This small group of young men and women, divested of all civilized luxuries and laws, were being forced to forge a future of their own.
		FARMER IN THE SKY by Robert A. Heinlein in Front Matter
		It would tend to make adults not want to read it and that really is their loss as most of the juvenile books are every bit as good as his "adult" novels.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345466233?v=glance (2233 words)

	Quotable Heinlein Discussion Boards - "What a bunch of newbies!"
		The oldest one I own is Farmer in the Sky (which was a donation from the local high school library after the fire) with a price on the inside cover of $5.95.
		Farmer in the Sky was indeed a Boy's Life serialization, Aug-Nov 1950.
		>"Farmer in the Sky" was called "Satellite Scout" in "Boys Life" magazine.
	www.quotableheinlein.com /dcforum/DCForumID25/11.html (913 words)

	Farmer in the Sky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rather than tighten their belts, the Lermers decide to emigrate to Ganymede, where terraforming is underway and good food abounds.
		Written in 1950, Farmer in the Sky is one of Heinlein's first boys' books, and also one of the most muscular and optimistic.
		He presents his readers with a Ganymede already partially modified to support life from Earth, and makes it all seem plausible--even commonplace (at least within the bounds of late 1940's scientific theory).
	www.wegrokit.com /farmer_in_the_sky.htm (418 words)

	Library in the Sky - Educational Web Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education.
		Currently there are 1255 educational Web sites listed in the Library in the Sky.
		Search the entire database of resource links, or narrow your search to those Web sites that will most likely be of interest to you.
	www.nwrel.org /sky/index.asp (238 words)

	Farmer in the Sky - Heinlein Concordance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Boy Scouts, to signify their [English] time zone also in honor of the founder of the Boy Scouts.
		The planet is featured in every story (with the arguable exception of Orphans of the Sky); and is, geophysically at least, the same as the "real" Earth.
		In Farmer in the Sky, emigration to other planets was strongly encouraged because Earth was overcrowded to the point where it could barely sustain the population.
	www.heinleinsociety.org /concordance/books/fis_hc.htm (1388 words)

	FARMER IN THE SKY, Robert Heinlein, UK pb 1973 by Biffo11
		FARMER IN THE SKY, Robert Heinlein, UK pb 1973 by Biffo11
		FARMER IN THE SKY, Robert Heinlein, UK pb 1973
		This paperback is Robert Heinlein's novel 'FARMER IN THE SKY' published by Pan Books in the UK in 1973.
	www.blujay.com /?page=ad&cat=3011200&adid=1326805 (235 words)

	Was Farmer in the Sky a Malthusian false alarm? Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Was Farmer in the Sky a Malthusian false alarm?
		In Farmer in the Sky we see people emigrating to other planets to farm because of a food shortage on Earth.
		But with increased birth control and decline in birth rates as countries grow more advanced, as well as advanced farming techniques, we have more than enough food for a multiple of the globe's population.
	www.allreaders.com /board.asp?BoardID=7734 (204 words)

	The Farmer In The Sky at The Vintage Library
		The heat trap was turned on at full force; the skies cleared and it was lovely.
		The first view I got of the Ganymede sky was a little after dawn next Sun phase.
		The heat trap made the sky a pale green--but Jupiter shone right through it, ruddy, orange, and big.
	www.vintagelibrary.com /pd.cfm?pid=205 (215 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Tunnel in the Sky: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I've read this book many times, as a child and adult, and have never failed to enjoy it for what it is: classic "juvenile" Heinlein.
		Whilst "Citizen of the Galaxy" it is not, it is on a par with "Time for the Stars","Farmer in The Sky", "Between Planets" et al in that it epitomises Heinlein's strengths and weaknesses.
		On the plus side, originality of vision, a strong plotline, taut driving narrative, interesting minor characters realised with great economy and that overall indefinable feeling of authenticity that made Heinlein's future worlds uniquely real.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345353730 (517 words)

	MSN Encarta - Robert Heinlein
		The hero of his novel Job (1984) finds himself shifted without warning from one universe to another.
		In addition to Starship Troopers, Heinlein wrote many other books for young readers, including Red Planet (1949), Farmer in the Sky (1950), Starman Jones (1953), Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Citizen of the Galaxy (1957), and Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958).
		Heinlein won a total of four Hugo Awards, and in 1974 he won the first Grand Master Nebula Award, given by the Science Fiction Writers of America (now Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) for lifetime achievement in science fiction.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761580429 (507 words)

	Heinlein: Farmer in the Sky
		At one point George preaches to him: "See here son, I'm going to put it to you straight.
		Never mind about being chief engineer of a planet; these days even a farmer needs the best education he can get.
		Without it he's just a country bumpkin, a stumbling peasant, poking seeds into the ground and hoping a miracle will make them grow."
	www.campbellsville.edu /jmoore/Farmer.htm (1472 words)

	Abc of Cricket Forum
		One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class.
		She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer.
		and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"
	www.abcofcricket.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=604&view=getlastpost (258 words)

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