"Universe" Rating: Five Planets
by Robert A. Heinlein  
1941, Astounding Science Fiction/Analog  
collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIA  
   
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Hugh Hoyland lives on a multigenerational ship whose inhabitants believe they are living in the known world. Enslaved by the mutie Joe-Jim Gregory, Hoyland leanrs the reality that they live on a ship moving through space. He then attempts to convince others of this truth.

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Atom Bullet This story was later collected in the novel Orphans of the Sky.

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Last Revised: January 19, 2005