Tunnel in the Sky (1955) – a high school class in survival is stranded on an alien planet when a star goes nova and makes their transporter device inoperable. They survive the various hazards of the planet, and some they brought with them, and build the beginnings of a civilization.
For more information on Heinlien's Juveniles (written between 1947 and 1958) see our entry on Robert Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo, The Literary Encyclopedia profile by William Patterson, University of California, Santa Cruz
Please log in to
consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing
institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on
campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we
offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If
you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal
subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.
78 words
Citation: Patterson, William. "Tunnel in the Sky". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 November 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16613, accessed 25 November 2024.]
