Robert heinlein orphans of the sky5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() And he learned the true nature of the Ship and its mission between the stars. Were they evil incarnate, or merely a divine check on the population, keeping humanity from expanding past the capacity of the Ship to support? Then Hugh was captured by the muties and met their leader (or leaders), Joe Jim, with two heads on one body. Of course, there were the muties, grotesquely deformed parodies of humans, who lurked in the upper reaches of the Ship where gravity was weaker. ![]() Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation? Science knew that the Ship was all the Universe, and as long as the sacred Convertor was fed, the lights would continue to glow and the air would flow, and the Creator's Plan would be fulfilled. ![]() But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, slight lean, not price clipped (£1.10), no personal inscriptions, internally cleanish and tight, overall a poor copy in a good jacket. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. First published in the Uk in 1963, this is a fourth impression of 1971. ![]()
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