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Series of juvenile science-fiction novels by [[Isaac Asimov]], written in the 1950s under the pseudonym Paul French. The series relates the adventures of David "Lucky" Starr, Councilman of Earth's Council of Science, and his battles against crime and corruption in different regions of the Solar System. He is accompanied by loyal sidekick John Bigman Jones, whose short height and shorter temper contrast him with the tall, cool-headed hero.
== The series comprises six volumes: ==▼
* ''David Starr, Space Ranger''
* ''Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids''
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The ''Lucky Starr'' series was written explicitly with the purpose of teaching young people facts about the solar system, which means that it suffers from [[Science Marches On]] perhaps more than the rest of Asimov's work--the title ''Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus'' should be a clue as to how inaccurate it sometimes gets. Nevertheless, the books are still very enjoyable as science-fiction adventures.
Not to be confused with the anime ''[[Lucky Star (Manga)|Lucky Star]]''.▼
The first books were also marketed to Hollywood, as the basis for a TV series, which is why Asimov went with the pseudonym. He had seen how Hollywood tended to butcher the works of other SF writers, and wanted to be able to disassociate himself from any resulting series, if he had to. After the TV idea fell through, he started added elements to the later books that clearly labelled him as the author (such as three-laws robots with positronic brains.)
▲Not to be confused with the anime ''[[
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* [[Air Vent Passageway]]
* [[Artificial Gravity]]
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* [[Future Slang]]: Sands of Mars! Great Galaxy! Space!
* [[Laser Blade]]: [[Trope Maker]], surprisingly enough.
* [[Gagging
* [[Go
* [[Government Agency of Fiction]]: The Council of Science
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* [[Honorary Uncle]]
* [[The Hypnotoad]]
* [[Ironic Nickname|Ironic Middle Name]]
* [["It" Is Dehumanizing]]
* [[The Napoleon]]
* [[Nice Shoes]]
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* [[Outdated Future]]
* [[Punny Name]]: Lucky, of course, but also his spaceship, the ''Shooting Starr''.
* [[Planet of Hats]]: Almost literally--Martian farm boys all wear garish hip boots, while Venusian men all have moustaches.
* [[Politically
* [[Pint
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]: Bigman again.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: In ''David Starr, Space Ranger'', there is a fancy restaurant with tables made out of force fields. Why? Because they're so easy to clean, of course... yeah, right.
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* [[Space X]]: The V-frogs.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: We will all use ''microfilm'' in the future.
* [["Three Laws
* [[Tricked
* [[Underwater City]]
* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]
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