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A review by blevins
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
4.0
This is my fourth Heinlein I've read in '09 having never read anything by him in the past. This novel is probably my favorite of the four and will secure a fifth later this year--Heinlein was fairly prolific so there's lots to read by him! My big regret at discovering him at my age is that I didn't know and read him when I was a teenager. Had I read this when I was 14 or 15, I would have been smitten and gulped it all down sort of like I'm doing now. It would have been more magical.
Tunnel In the Sky is like a lot of these Heinlein books--boys or young people on some kind of space adventure in a far future. This one has a bunch of school kids being sent through a "travel gate" that lets them zoom off across earth or to other planets. They are to survive on an unknown planet with harsh conditions as long as they can--they can be killed by creatures on this planet--and if they do, they graduate from this sort of high school/college.
Heinlein is just a storyteller. These are fun, action packed and very entertaining. Written in 1955, they are a little dated, but not that much. That actually lends a kind of charm to them when you get down to it. Heinlein!!!
Tunnel In the Sky is like a lot of these Heinlein books--boys or young people on some kind of space adventure in a far future. This one has a bunch of school kids being sent through a "travel gate" that lets them zoom off across earth or to other planets. They are to survive on an unknown planet with harsh conditions as long as they can--they can be killed by creatures on this planet--and if they do, they graduate from this sort of high school/college.
Heinlein is just a storyteller. These are fun, action packed and very entertaining. Written in 1955, they are a little dated, but not that much. That actually lends a kind of charm to them when you get down to it. Heinlein!!!