num_pages: 174
description: 'I was staring at a raw hole in the ship, almost between my feet and nearly as big as my fist. There was scorched insulation around it and in the middle of the hole I could see blackness - then a star whipped past and I realised I was staring right out into space.' Bill Lermer, a resourceful matter-of-fact teenager of the 21st century, tells what happens when his family decide to leave Earth and try scientific farming on Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter. After a two-month flight through space, including collision with a meteorite, only danger and hardship await the new colonists. But even a hair-raising adventure in the cave of The Other People cannot persuade Bill to return Earthside.(Source: back cover)
language: English
title: Farmer in the Sky
titlecomplete: Farmer in the Sky
characters: Bill Lermer
genres: Adventure, Speculative Fiction, Novels, Young Adult, Space, Classics, Fiction, Hugo Awards, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 9584
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Pan Books