β Scribed by Arthur C. Clarke
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A lunar cruise ends in disaster after a moonquake sinks the cruiser Selene beneath a sea of liquid-fine lunar dust on the Moons Sea of Thirst. Facing enormous environmental barriers, the rescue team finds their courage, ingenuity, and resources tested to the breaking pointas trapped passengers and crew slowly run out of time.
Originally published in 1961, A Fall of Moondust was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was the first science fiction tale chosen as a Readers Digest Condensed Book. Informed by the most current scientific knowledge of the time, A Fall of Moondust is a realistically conceived and gripping story of human resourcefulness and triumph in the face of nearly insurmountable challenges.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clarke is widely revered as one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, esteemed alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, a trio known informally as the Big Three. Before his death in 2008, he authored more than 100 novels, novellas, and short story collections and laid the groundwork for science fiction as we know it today. Combining scientific knowledge and visionary literary aptitude, Clarkes work explored the implications of major scientific discoveries in astonishingly inventive and mystical settings.
Clarkes short stories and novels have won numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, have been translated into more than 30 languages, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Several of his books, including 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey II, have been adapted into films that still stand as classic examples of the genre. Without a doubt, Arthur C. Clarke is one of the most important voices in contemporary science fiction literature.
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Masterworks of Science Fiction [49]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780451083203
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Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. A brilliantly imagined stor
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A science fiction novel, last published in 1995, in which time is running out for the passengers and crew of a tourist cruiser that is trapped in a sea of choking lunar dust, and their rescuers are stretched to the limit by the unpredictable conditions of the alien environment. By
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A science fiction novel, last published in 1995, in which time is running out for the passengers and crew of a tourist cruiser that is trapped in a sea of choking lunar dust, and their rescuers are stretched to the limit by the unpredictable conditions of the alien environment
Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist-cruiser βSeleneβ, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.
SUMMARY: A science fiction novel, last published in 1995, in which time is running out for the passengers and crew of a tourist cruiser that is trapped in a sea of choking lunar dust, and their rescuers are stretched to the limit by the unpredictable conditions of the alien environment. By the aut