Space Ranger -

Isaac Asimov

Doubleday & Co. Inc.

1974

144 páginas

4h 48m

ISBN-9: 450014347

In the 1950's, Isaac Asimov, writing under the pseudonym Paul French (later the books were republished under the Asimov name), wrote six science fiction novels for teenagers about a young agent of the "Council of Science," an organization which has considerable power in a world in the distant future. The agent, David Starr, travels throughout the Solar System to combat crime and to protect Earth. Asimov was using these stories to teach the readers facts about the Solar System. Nevertheless, in an introduction written in 1978, Asimov apologizes for the science inaccuracies in this first volume that are now apparent after all of the space probes to Mars. But, as of 1952, it was accurate. (Actually, this introduction to a later reprinting of a science fiction novel is rather unique. I can not recall another author who makes an effort to point out the changes scientific investigation have provided since the original publication of a story. Asimov should be commended for this. In so doing, he continues to teach.) In this first story, David Starr must discover who is the cause of a series of fatal poisonings on Earth and who is blackmailing the farms on Mars. In so doing, he accidentally comes in contact with ancient Martians living beneath the surface.

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Primeiro livro da série infanto-juvenil dos anos 50 para trazer informações sobre o sistema solar.

Space Ranger fala sobre Marte e seus "fazendeiros". David Star precisa desvendar o mistério sobre várias mortes por envenenamento alimentar que está ameaçando a população da Terra, pois no livro, Marte é o grande celeiro do nosso planeta.

Nos anos 50 acreditava-se que Marte teria um clima mais ameno e um pouco mais de atmosfera. O que foi provado errado pela sonda Mariner. Inclusive no prefácio do livro o autor retifica essa diferença.

Livro rápido e fácil de ler. Bom para quem gosta de ficção científica antiga.