The Star Beast
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Star Beast (1954) is a Robert A. Heinlein novel for young readers. John Thomas Stuart keeps Lummox, a huge alien creature brought back from space by his great-grandfather, as a family pet. When Lummox causes damage in town, officials want it destroyed, and then an alien race arrives looking for it, setting off a diplomatic crisis that the Undersecretary for Spatial Affairs has to resolve.
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- Bill Gates: “I read every book by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert Heinlein.”