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A Walk in The Parc. The two Science-Fiction novels I hold close to my heart are 'The Martian Chronicles' by Ray Bradbury and the 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells ( NOT the movie!! ). They both have in common a certain poetry and melancholy that are appreciated mostly by adults. Because of his pseudo-religious 'Stranger in a Strange Land', I know what Heinlein is capable of, and 'Tunnel In The Sky' doesn't really meet his own high standards. This novel will be appreciated mostly by the teenagers among us, though I quiet... more info
Outward Unbound Mankind is colonising the universe via instantaneous interstellar travel, accomplished through artificial wormhole- like "gates". Late teen hero Rod Walker is marooned with his classmates on an unknown planet when a "routine" ( but dangerous) high school survival training exercise goes dramatically wrong. The story follows their enforced transition to adulthood as they gradually band together to build a functioning society from the ground up, cut off from civilisation with no expectation of rescue.
Should be a Real School Course Heinlein felt that anyone who could not do everything from plan an invasion, butcher a hog, write a sonnet, design a building, or program a computer was at least partially incapacitated. In addition, he felt that most schools did a very poor job of preparing young people for what life was all about. This book presented at least one partial solution to both problems: have a school course in survival, whose final test was to be dropped into some unknown area for a week and forced to actually survive. Around... more info
Another Heinlein classic This book follows Rod Walker as he takes part in his final examination of his school survival course. He, and the rest of his class are sent to an unknown planet to survive 10 days in the wilderness and with a warning to be beware of the stobor. However, a supernova causes the entire party, along with groups from other schools, to be stranded on the planet with no immediate hope of rescue. The story develops as all the surviving test subjects form a colony in an attempt to survive. A book well worth reading... more info
