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Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
This novel was one of a group of novels written expressly for young people in the 1950's, but many adults have also taken pleasure in this work. Rod Walker is a high school student who takes a ten day survival course; at the end of the course they take a gateway to a distant planet. He and the other students are stranded there; they form their own government and civilization. Select
an invention:
Simulacrum Window A 'window' that provides a realistic outdoor view in an interior room.
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