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Results tagged with orphans-of-the-sky
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This tag should be used for questions related to Robert Heinlein's 1963 novel "Orphans of the Sky," though it may also be useful in the context of questions dealing with the 1941 short stories "Universe" and "Common Sense," from which the novel was derived.
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First Story which Featured a Generational Ship where the Crew Have Forgotten
Is Heinlein's 1941 story Orphan's of the Sky the first instance of a generation ship where the current inhabitants have almost completely forgotten how to run the ship, and are mostly unaware of anyth …
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