About this title: As part of their final exam, Rod Walker's high school class must survive an extended excursion into the wilds of an alien planet. But when an accident leaves them lost on the far side of the universe, they find their classroom learning put to a more serious challenge than even their teachers imagined. Originally published in 1955, this is one of ...
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 1955
Description: Poor. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book has lightly browned pages. The spine is broken between pages 128 and 129. The cover has moderate shelf wear & heavy edge wear. The front has a vertical crease and a 1 inch tear on the front fore edge. There is a 1 3/8 inch tear at the lower front edge of the spine. The bottom of the spine is heavily chipped. The spine has a crease. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780345260659ISBN:0345260651
Description: Fair. Ex-Library. 12mo. {006127} Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. ISBN 0345260651. Published by Ballantine in 1977. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo Sci-Fi Ex-Library {Book Condition} FAIR {Book Condition Details} Binding: slightly frayed ends, Cover: fraying, soiled, edge wear, soiling, creasing on Spine, large tear(s) on Spine, creasing, scuffing, End Papers: library pocket on front paste down, library pocket on rear pastedown, Text: tanning, soiled page edge(s). read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace
Date Published: 1955
Description: Savage, Steele. Good. 12mo. {005870} Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. Illustrated by Steele Savage. ISBN. Published by Ace in 1955. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo Sci-Fi {Book Condition} GOOD {Book Condition Details} Binding: slightly frayed ends, Cover: soiled, edge wear, soiling, creasing on Spine, creasing, scuffing, Text: tanning around extremities. {Ace 82660.95} read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345353733ISBN:0345353730
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Satisfaction Guaranteed, fast shipping, please feel free to ask any questions! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: del rey Pub Date: 1/1/1955 Binding: paperback Pages: 211. read more
Description: Acceptable. Corners are a little bent/rounded on cover. Cover has some light wear and tear on the edges. Cover has a little wear and tear. Creases in spine. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Description: Fair-Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 253pp. No publication date stated. Cover art by Steele Savage. Covs quite rubbed, browned, spotty; edges & corners very worn. Some sp lean; sp quite creased; edges & ends very worn; tears at ends. Inked name on frnt end paper. "Tomorrow, at dawn, you are going to be shoved through a doorway that opens into a world you have never seen. You do not know if the world you are about to enter will be tropical or arctic, desert or jungle. You may emerge in a dawn ... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345353733ISBN:0345353730
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. foreedge and back cover have some soiling. Front cover good. Book solid. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 0000
Description: Very Good+ in Paperback. No Dustjacket. 4 x 7" A solid copy; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ read more
"This is my fourth Heinlein I've read in '09 having never read anything by him in the past. This novel is probably my favorite of the four and will secure a fifth later this year--Heinlein was fairly prolific so there's lots to read by him! My big regret at discovering him at my age is that I didn't know and read him when I was a teenager. Had I read this when I was 14 or 15, I would have been smitten and gulped it all down sort of like I'm doing now. It would have been more magical.
Tunnel In the Sky is like a lot of these Heinlein books--boys or young people on some kind of space adventure in a far future. This one has a bunch of school kids being sent through a "travel gate" that lets them zoom off across earth or to other planets. They are to survive on an unknown planet with harsh conditions as long as they can--they can be killed by creatures on this planet--and if they do, they graduate from this sort of high school/college.
Heinlein is just a storyteller. These are fun, action packed and very entertaining. Written in 1955, they are a little dated, but not that much. That actually lends a kind of charm to them when you get down to it. Heinlein!!!"
"A fun but somewhat lightweight Heinlein novel. Most of the story is a survival scenario, in which a group of stranded students form a new society on an alien world, a sortof reverse-Lord of the Flies - in space.
A good concept that explores interesting ideas, Tunnel in the Sky held my interest, but didn't deliver as profound an allegory as Heinlein's more classic work."
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