Princes of Earth

by Michael Kurland

Book Overview

Adam Worthington is an intelligent, courageous young man from a provincial, repressive planet that has reverted to a kind of fundamental Puritanism. By nature a free-thinker and individualist, Adam... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840766025
• ISBN13: 9780840766021
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Darling, if dated, sci fi

Somewhat dated YA sci fi, but a great read nonetheless. The characters are likeable, the technology is fun, and it's a great old book if you can find a copy.

Twenty years later...

I still find myself yearning to read this book occasionally, which says something to me about the quality of the writing.It's a fantastic book with a well-crafted plot that takes you through the galaxy with a main character you feel that you know immediately. This is space opera in the best sense of the term. If you like Heinlein's juveniles or Lois McMaster Bujold, you'll love this one.

A fun tour of the future

This book is a "juvenile" science fiction novel in the best sense of the word. It is a tour of a galactic empire by a young man who has received a scholarship to the Imperial university. Most of the book is his trip from the backwater planet where he grew up to the University on Mars. Travel can be complicated in this imagined future and several adventures break out along what should have been a routine trip.A high school student will recognize the real cultures in history that inspire the peoples and planets encountered in this fictional world. There are some good ideas put foreward to stretch the mind, a brush with the dangers of politics, and the book never gets bogged down in details.I find myself rereading this book every few years to remind me of what good science fiction should be. Highly recommended.

Really good.

I thought this book was very well done. You do not get bored reading this book. One event in the beginning creates a chain reaction of events. It's just good old fashioned science fiction.