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Article: Have Space Suit Will Travel.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)

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HAVE SPACE SUIT WILL TRAVEL. Robert A. Heinlein. 1958/2003. Read by Will McAuliffe & full cast. 6 tapes. 8 hrs. Full Cast Audio. 1-932076-40-9. $33.00. Vinyl; plot, author notes. JSA

Kip Russell wins a space suit that had actually been worn by an astronaut on a moon base. He needs money for college, however, and the contest sponsor is willing to buy the suit back. Prior to doing so, Kip decides to take a last walk in the suit and is abducted by aliens. Thus begins an intergalactic journey of 167,000 light years with his space suit "Oscar," where he and a younger child from Earth named Peewee must satisfy an alien court that Earth should not ...

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