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 Tunnel in the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein
 Tunnel in the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein ... 2003-11 by Del Rey BooksNewest Review: ... professions" which are further explained later in the book. We are introduced to his fellow students also taking the ... more ... course and Rod explains how space travel was conquered by the use of the "Ramsbotham gate", here Heinlein pretty much invents the concept of the Stargate and it seems the movie and tv show stole their idea for that technology from him.
We meet Rods parents, his fathers illness is quickly explained as is his sisters career in the Corps of Amazons and it is very quickly explained how his parents plan to beat his fathers illness by using some sort of cryonics technology (its never really made totall...more |
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Tunnel in the Sky
Pages: 239, Edition: Re - issue, Hardcover, Robert Hale Ltd Last Update 05.12.2009 05:43
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Tunnel in the Sky - Robert A. Heinlein: Heinleins vision of a possible future (642 words)
by - written on 17/03/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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Written in 1955 way before the space race ever got started this is one of Robert Heinleins visions of a possible future that we now know didn't happen. But its still a great book and makes for very enjoyable reading. Our main protagonist is Rod Walker, a senior at Patrick Henry High School who is about to take his Advanced Survival Course which according to the notice he reads can take place on "ANY planet, ANY climate, ANY terrain", has "no rules" and allows "all weapons, any equipment". Students are also warned "Test Duration is not less than 48 hours , not more than 10 days" and Rod tells us he can graduate ... Read the complete review
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