Carey Rockwell 3 hr 57 min read

Space Cadet Tom Corbett and his Polaris unit set out to hunt down a ruthless band of space pirates preying on the shipping lanes of the Solar Alliance.

Carey Rockwell's 1953 juvenile novel, part of the popular Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series, is a brisk cadet space opera. Fast, wholesome, exciting period SF. Read it for classic 1950s cadet adventure, as young spacemen chase pirates across the spaceways in a beloved series.

In its time

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

Reading it

3 hr 57 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Louis Glanzman