Talk:Tunnel in the Sky

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0You know, by the time someone finishes a plot summary with this much detail, the only thing missing will be RAH's beautiful prose! I like the book too, but at that point, I recommend just reading it; it's not that long. --Brion VIBBER

LOL, good point. --Ed Poor, Tuesday, June 11, 2002

Wrote a rather more appropriate plot summary. Needs independent editing; also wikification. If you Americanise it (fair enough; American topic) do so consistently. Acanon 00:14, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I've gone over this article and attempted to make the style more straightforward and bring more focus to the ideas. I disagreed with some of the interpretation in the old version. For instance, the book does not promote moral relativism. If anything, it promotes moral absolutes; the accidental pioneers build a society with the same virtues and vices as frontier America. I also don't think the book was meant as a negative commentary on modern society. There is nothing particularly wrong with Earth's society as depicted in the book. It's portrayed as being quite healthy. The news media get a bad rap at the very end, but the book does not portray them as representatives of their whole society.--Bcrowell 03:56, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The "Look out for Stobour" (sp? It's been years) red-herring in this book has been referenced in other works. It might be worth mentioning in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.55.81.27 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)