title: Orphans of the Sky (Future History, Vol. 5)
author: Robert A. Heinlein
description: An orphaned civilization in space, where people have no memory of Earth; from the master of science fiction.
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  Chapter 1 - A certain normal day in Little Garden
  
  
  
  
  
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  Part 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Different Eras.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Different Worlds.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And a curious and incredible letter delivered to the trio of a teenage boy and
  girls who should never have had a common point of intersection in their normal
  lives.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And, the contents of the letter was as follow:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Boys and girls with wondrous talents and much distress, I address thee! If
  you strive to test your Gifts, then cast aside your friends, your possessions,
  your world, and come to our Little Garden“
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Instantaneously, the horizons of the trio were absurdly unfolded.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And as the situation changed sharply, they were then dropped from a location
  approximately 4000m above ground.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The horizon that spread before the eyes of the trio had a cliff that looked
  like the edge of the world.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Towards the ground, the cities were covered by a huge Veil and it caused the
  phenomenon th