Carey Rockwell 3 hr 49 min read

The Space Cadets of the Polaris unit face peril among the planets, a Tom Corbett adventure with real rocket science by Willy Ley.

Carey Rockwell's 1953 juvenile novel, part of the popular Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series and vetted by the famous rocket expert Willy Ley, sends its young heroes into danger on a mission of exploration. Brisk, wholesome space-age adventure for young readers. Read it for classic 1950s cadet SF, grounded in the real spaceflight science of its day.

In its time

Published in 1953, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

3 hr 49 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Louis Glanzman