''Red Planet'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/RobertAHeinlein first published in 1949.

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!!This novel provides examples of:

* ABoyAndHisX: A Martian Larval Form and Her Boy.
* AirVentPassageway: Averted when one of the good guys proposes taking a vent grille off of a wall to get to the room on the other side. His friend points out that there will certainly be a similar grille on the other side, fastened by screws they won't be able to reach.
* CoolPet: Willis, who is the low intelligence (compared to most people but more intelligent than a dog) pet of the protagonist Jim Marlowe. Later we find out that Willis is [[spoiler: a female Martian who will grow up to be male; and will become equal to or greater in intelligence than humans]].
* HighSchoolHustler: Smythe.
* NonLinearCharacter: The Martian are so old they have trouble knowing "when" they are. At one point, a regular Martian guide shows an Old One a globe of current Mars to help the Old One locate himself temporally.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression
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