E. Everett Evans 4 hr 12 min read

At the dread spang of a meteor against the hull, young Jon Carver drops what he's doing, the Carver family, aboard their little spaceboat, are charting new worlds far out on the frontier.

E. Everett Evans's 1955 novel is a warm juvenile space opera of a pioneering family. Fast, wholesome, engaging period SF. Read it for a genial young-adult adventure where a resourceful family of planet-mappers braves the perils of unexplored space, in a tale of discovery, danger, and family courage.

In its time

Published in 1955, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

4 hr 12 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).