Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 76: Tunnel in the Sky (Part 1)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

English - March 08, 2024 15:20 - 20 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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In this episode I look at the first half of Robert A. Heinlein's TUNNEL IN THE SKY. In this juvenile, Heinlein does some interesting thing with the old Malthusian over-population narrative. The first half reads a bit like a standard adventure story, though. This novel really shines in the second half.