Аннотация
Robert A. Heinlein
Tunnel In The Sky
For
Jeannie and Bibs
1. The Marching Hordes
The bulletin board outside lecture hall 1712-A of Patrick Henry High School showed a flashing red light. Rod Walker pushed his way into a knot of students and tried to see what the special notice had to say. He received an elbow in the stomach, accompanied by: "Hey! Quit shoving!"
"Sorry. Take it easy, Jimmy." Rod locked the elbow in a bone breaker but put no pressure on, craned his neck to look over Jimmy Throxton's head. "What's on the board?"
"No class today."
"Why not?"
A voice near the board answered him. "Because tomorrow it's 'Hail, Caesar, we who are about to die-'"
"So?" Rod felt his stomach tighten as it always did before an examination. Someone moved aside and he managed to read the notice:
PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL
Department of Social Studies
SPECIAL NOTICE to all students Course 410
(elective senior seminar...
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