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y separately published work icon No Highway single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1948... 1948 No Highway
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'Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2011 Vintage ed.).

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon No Highway No Highway in the Sky Alec Coppel , ( dir. Henry Koster ) United Kingdom (UK) : 20th Century Fox , 1951 6394671 1951 single work film/TV thriller crime

A researcher at the Royal Aircraft Establishment becomes convinced that the 'Reindeer' clas airliners have a fatal flaw that will lead them to crash after a set number of hours.

Notes

  • Epigraph: Lines from John Masefield's 'The Wanderer'.
  • Condensed and translated version published by Reader's Digest of Belgium.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heinemann ,       1948 .
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      Extent: 315p.
      Reprinted: 1964 , 1990 , 1968 , 1976 , 1970
      Note/s:
      • First reviewed in TLS, 4 December 1948.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Ballantine Books ,       1948 .
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      Extent: 250p.
      Reprinted: 1963
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       William Morrow ,       1948 .
      Extent: 346p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 31 August 1948.
    • Melbourne City, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1949 .
      Extent: 314p.
      Reprinted: 1953
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Dell ,       1951 .
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      Extent: 287p.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan ,       1963 .
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      Extent: 280p.
      Reprinted: 1969 , 1979
      ISBN: 0330020722
    • Geneva,
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      Switzerland,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Edito-Service ,       1970-1979 .
      Extent: 267p.
      Note/s:
      • Distributed by Heron Books.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Nevil Shute Omnibus Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1973 Z1423366 1973 selected work novel London : Heinemann , 1973
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice ; Pied Piper ; The Far Country ; The Chequer Board ; No Highway Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 Z1423345 1976 selected work novel London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 pg. [735]-924
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Charter ,       1976 .
      Extent: 271p.
      ISBN: 0441583458
    • Larchmont, New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Queens House ,       1977 .
      Extent: 281p.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Award Books ,       1977 .
      Extent: 271p.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Ace Books ,       1980 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 0441583458
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Charnwood ,       1985 .
      Extent: 445p.
      ISBN: 0708983049
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mandarin ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 349p.
      ISBN: 0749304138
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1991 .
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       House of Stratus ,       2000 .
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      Extent: 343p.
      ISBN: 1842322737
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Vintage UK ,       2009 .
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      Extent: 336p.p.
      Reprinted: 2011 (ebook)
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 October 2009 (paperback) and 1 February 2011 (ebook).
      ISBN: 9781409087038 (ebk), 9780099530091 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Vintage ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12 October 2010.
      ISBN: 9780307474124
      Series: y separately published work icon Vintage International New York (City) : Vintage , 1993- 19532994 1993 series - publisher novel

      'William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Alice Munro, Thomas Mann, Doris Lessing, Albert Camus, V.S. Naipaul, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Joan Didion, and Cormac McCarthy, among many others: Vintage International is devoted to publishing the best writing of the past century from the world over. Offering both classic and modern fiction and literary nonfiction in elegant editions, Vintage International aims to provide readers with world-class writing that has stood the test of time and essential works by the preeminent authors of today.'

      Source: Vintage.
Alternative title: Mellemlanding
Language: Danish
    • Copenhagen,
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      Denmark,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Skrifola ,       1963 .
      Extent: 210p.
    • Copenhagen,
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      Denmark,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lademann ,       1973 .
      Extent: 329p.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Nevil Shute Omnibus Nevil Shute , Baarn : Zuid-Hollandsche U. M. , 1977 Z1423378 1977 selected work novel Baarn : Zuid-Hollandsche U. M. , 1977 pg. 257-479
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Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Intrigue, Mystery Top Read Keith Tremayne , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 April 1991; (p. 20)
— Review of No Highway Nevil Shute , 1948 single work novel ; Lazarus Morris West , 1990 single work novel
Intrigue, Mystery Top Read Keith Tremayne , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 April 1991; (p. 20)
— Review of No Highway Nevil Shute , 1948 single work novel ; Lazarus Morris West , 1990 single work novel
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