Heinlein's Universe and The Long Sun

David Duffy · 27 Jan 2020, 07:01 · from 2020-January.txt.gz

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From: David.Duffy at qimrberghofer.edu.au (David Duffy)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 07:01:39 +0000
Subject: (urth) Heinlein's Universe and The Long Sun
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I am sure that is one allusion, but the other I am sure of (more so for BotNS) is to the end of _A Canticle for Lebowitz_.

Cheers, David Duffy.
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Subject: (urth) Heinlein's Universe and The Long Sun

I recently came across a three volume set of short stories and novellas called the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, edited by Ben Bova in 1975. One of the novellas titled Universe, by Robert Heinlein, (written in 1941) takes place on the ?Ship??a generation ship sent off long ago to inhabit another planet, but now drifting because none of the descendants remember the nature or purpose of the ship. What they do remember has degenerated into religious superstition. There is a ?Jordan?s Plan? for the ship. There is a powerful two-headed mutant, Joe-Jim, a highly intelligent leader of a mutant gang who has learned of the Ship?s true nature. There is a young, curious man Hugh, captured by Joe-Jim, who is taken to the main control room and shown the stars. Hugh enlists others to take control of the ship and complete Jordan?s Plan?.sound familiar?

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