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''No Highway'' is a 1948 novel by Nevil Shute. It later formed the basis of the 1951 film ''No Highway in the Sky''. The novel contains many of the ingredients that made Shute popular as a novelist, and, like several other of Shute's later novels, includes an element of the supernatural. Nevil Shute Norway, to give the author's full name, was a pioneer aircraft designer and formerly Chief Executive of Airspeed Ltd. His knowledge and love of aircraft and aircraft design are reflected in this book. The title is taken from the poem "The Wanderer" by John Masefield which Shute quotes at the start of the book: :''Therefore, go forth, companion: when you find'' :''No Highway more, no track, all being blind,'' :''The way to go shall glimmer in the mind.'' ==Characters== * Theodore Honey: A middle-aged widower and scientist at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough, Hampshire (RAE); * Dr. Dennis Scott: Younger, dynamic aeronauticist and recently appointed head of the structural department at the RAE; * Marjorie Corder; Airline stewardess, in her mid-20s and tiring of the "glamorous life" with the fictional C.A.T.O (Commonwealth Atlantic Transport Organisation); * Monica Teasdale, an older, middle-echelon Hollywood actress, facing a lonely retirement; * Captain Samuelson: veteran pilot of the Reindeer, highly respected; * Elspeth: Honey's daughter; * Shirley Scott: Dr. Scott's wife, a local school teacher. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No Highway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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