&sq=&lang=&file=File:Red-planet-cover.jpg) The cover illustration by Clifford Geary for the original 1949 edition | |
| Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Clifford Geary |
| Language | English |
| Series | Heinlein juveniles |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner's |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | Space Cadet |
| Followed by | Farmer in the Sky |
Red Planet is a 1949 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about students at boarding school on the planet Mars. It represents the first appearance of Heinlein's idealized Martian elder race (see also Stranger in a Strange Land). The version published in 1949 featured a number of changes forced on Heinlein by Scribner's, since it was published as part of the Heinlein juveniles. After Heinlein's death, the book was reissued by Del Rey Books as the author originally intended.