Robert A. Heinlein

The epic saga of an earthling, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with superhuman powers and a total ignorance of the mores of man.

A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.

A beautiful interplanetary agent, a glorious product of genetic engineering, operates from and over a near-future Earth.

A young man reports for the final tests for appointment as a cadet in the Interplanetary Patrol, survives the tests, studies in the school ship, and goes on a regular Patrol vessel and encounters danger on Venus.

After being discharged from the war, E.C. Gordon responds to a newspaper ad which asks "Are you a coward?". He discovers the ad has been placed by a beautiful woman named Star. Star informs him that he is the one to embark on a perilous quest to retrieve the Egg of the Phoenix.

The story takes place far in the future, when the human race has spread out to colonize other planets. In a slave market in the capital of Jubbul an auctioneer announces, "Lot ninety-seven. A boy." Thorby--the boy--soon discovers that Baslim, his owner, is not ordinary beggar he appears to be. Master of languages and a superb teacher, Baslim leads a mysterious life. The undercover existence brings Thorby to an adventure on the starship Sisu, and finally...

A handful of dedicated young soldiers must rise to the challenge of intergalactic warfare with a species of terrifying alien insects that threaten to eliminate the human race.