Orphans of the Sky
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Orphans of the Sky (1963) is a Robert A. Heinlein novel that joins his 1941 novellas Universe and Common Sense. It is set on a huge generation starship whose crew have forgotten that they are on a ship at all. They believe the ship is the whole universe, and mutants live in its upper decks. A young man named Hugh Hoyland discovers the truth.
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