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Orphans of the Sky
Orphans of the Sky | Robert Anson Heinlein
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Ancient myths told of a place called Earth, but the modern world knew it was nonsense. Science knew the Ship was all the Universe, and as long as the sacred Converter was fed, lights would glow and air would flow through the miles of metal corridors. Hugh never questioned these truths until a despised mutie showed him the Control Room and he learned the true nature of the Ship and its mission.
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TindraTieren
Orphans of the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein
Mehso-so

I did this in audio version. The narrated was not exciting, but perfectly adequate. Did a good job of capturing the unsophisticated nature of the characters.

Very interesting setup (though I'm mildly annoyed the summary gives it away instead of letting you discover what's going on).

The way the plot resolved feels a bit like a cautionary tale for today - that people in power will ignore inconvenient scientific truths.

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Blueverie
Orphans of the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein
Pickpick

Not bad, well, thoroughly enjoyable, yeah, lets just go with that. Pandorum, but with way more luck and far less mystery. Characters lack a certain depth, I think that's my real problem, it's an excellent set up and could have been an an absolutely astonding novel, but it was executed far too shallowly. As is, good popcorn Heinlein, but nothing more.

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Orphans of the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein
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