Tunnel in the Sky

by Robert A. Heinlein

Overview

From the author of STARSHIP TROOPERS comes TUNNEL IN THE SKY, the story of a group of students who are dropped on a foreign planet in order to test their survival skills. When the rescue ship doesn't arrive, they must create a new society and learn to adapt to their new life in the wild... but are their greatest troubles from beasts or fellow man?

From an interview with Andy Weir included with his bestselling novel THE MARTIAN: "You're stranded on Mars and can only take one book with you.  What is it?"

ANDY WEIR: "It's always hard to pick one 'favorite book.' Growing up, I loved early Robert Heinlein books most of all. So if I had to pick one, I'd go with TUNNEL IN THE SKY."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012044488
Publisher:	Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	06/03/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	87,112
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), often called the Science Fiction Grand Master, was the author of such ground-breaking novels as STARSHIP TROOPERS, RED PLANET, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He is generally considered the greatest and most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century. In addition to being a bestselling author, Heinlein's novels won 4 Hugo awards, 3 "retro Hugo" awards, and the first "Grand Master Award" from the Science Fiction Writers of America. www.virginiaedition.com,

Date of Birth:

July 7, 1907

Date of Death:

May 8, 1988

Place of Birth:

Butler, Missouri

Place of Death:

Carmel, California

Education:

Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1929; attended University of California, Los Angeles, 1934, for graduate study in physic

Editorial Reviews

"Not only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world."

Stephen King

"One of the most influential writers in American Literature."

The New York Times Book Review

". . . fascinating . . . ingenious . . . a book in the grand tradition of high literature!"

The New York Times - New York Times

"There is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein."

Dean Koontz

"One of the grand masters of science fiction."

The Wall Street Journal