When he recovers, Rod realises that they have not been picked up, as expected, after ten days. Rod is ambushed and left for dead on his second day of arrival. Rod and his classmates jump individually to their mysterious destination to find that it is not what they expected.
This is achievable through the Ramsbottom Jump, a portal that allows Earth colonists to travel near-instantaneously to other planets. To the plot, then: Rod Walker is a high school student who, as part of his Advanced Survival studies, has to live on an unknown and uncivilised planet for anything between two and ten days in order to pass his course. It may also be the reason why it’s taken me a little time to work up to it – indeed, I’ve skipped ahead and after reading The Star Beast have gone onto Double Star rather than face this one.īut I must admit I was quite excited to re-read an old friend. I still have my original copy, a rather battered second-hand hardback Gollancz edition (see picture below.)Ĭlearly then, on a re-read (and it’s about twenty years or so since I read it last), Tunnel in the Sky has a lot to live up to. It was this book that determined that I would spend the next forty-plus years reading the stuff, and continuing to enjoy it (on the whole.) In essence, it was this book that pretty much put me where I am today. Tunnel in the Sky was the first ‘proper’ SF book to grab my attention when I was about 8-9. Here’s the latest reread of Heinlein’s works, as Mark goes through the Virginia Edition series.Īnd this one is the most personal (so far) for me.
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