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Old 05-31-2014, 12:26 AM   #799
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Orphans of the Sky by Heinlein.
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OMG - Of course! Thank you! I had thought it might have been Arthur C Clark. I did read everything Heinlein wrote, but in my head I divided his Youth books and his more adult books. I never went back and re-read his early books after I read Stranger in a Strange Land, Farnham's Freehold etc.

Time to dig those old Heinlein books out again!
Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky By Robert A. Heinlein Baen Amazon B&N
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Two classic Robert A. Heinlein novels in one volume, with an all‑new introduction by Mark L. Van Name, author of the Jon and Lobo military SF series.

The Man Who Sold the Moon: D. D. Harriman is a billionaire with a dream: the dream of space for all mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars…

Orphans of the Sky: Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood that this must be allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. After all, the real world was only metal corridors and nothing else, right? And then Hugh begins to suspect the truth. . .

Two all‑time classics from seven‑time Hugo winner and Dean of Science Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein.

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