15 June 2011, 05:16 PM
missesmereldaTrying to find out the name of a short story
It was about some kids on a space station. Their society had created myths about their creation that were centered around the space station being the whole world and the kids find out the truth. I know it was included in a 7th grade reading text called Moments in Literature. It's been bugging me for 20 years. Can anyone help?
15 June 2011, 08:09 PM
dandelionCould it be "The Sense of Wonder," by Milton Lesser?
16 June 2011, 01:14 AM
philnic...and if not the Lesser story, it could be one of many other works, since the "whole world turning out to be just a space ship" is a common device in science fiction. The classics of the genre are UNIVERSE by Robert Heinlein, NON-STOP by Brian Aldiss, and many others. (The two I have named are novels, by the way, not short stories.)