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In a moment of unusual frankness, neil armstrong once recalled standing on the moon and noticing he could blot out the earth with his thumb. But when a prototype tourist craft called the selene encounters a moonquake, the ship plummets under a vast body of liquidfine moondust called the sea of thirst. The okay book, fiction, history, novel, scientific research. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a fall of moondust arthur c.
It was first published in 1961 and has been reprinted many times. Publication date 19810530 topics bbc radio drama, arthur c clarke, saturday night theatre, saturday night theatre language english. A lunar cruise ends in disaster after a moonquake sinks the cruiser selene beneath a sea of liquidfine lunar dust on the moons sea of thirst. Series isbncatalog id price pages format type cover artist verif. It was nominated for a hugo award for best novel, 1 and was the first science fiction novel selected to become a readers digest condensed book. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. Nov 30, 2012 a fall of moondust ebook written by arthur c. Clarke mark yon december 9, 2017 3 comments with the centenary of sir arthurs birth being on 16 th december 2017, i thought that it was an appropriate time not that i needed much persuading. Due to a freak moonquake, the tourist busspacecraft selene gets buried 15 meters below one of the lunar seas in a region of dust with bizarre, liquidlike finally got around to. A fall of moondust is a hard science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Sep 30, 2019 a fall of moondust is a lesserknown arthur c clarke novel that bears a handful of similarities to andy weirs the martian. A group of tourists are travelling on the surface of the moon, which is covered by a thin layer of very fine dust, a fine powder drier it contains less water than a desert on earth. An electrifying, superbly ingenious classic of space survival from one of the most influential grandmasters of science fiction daily express.
Arthur had been writing short stories and moved from the uk to ceylon now sri lanka and helped set up a diving business. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A fall of moondust new york public library overdrive. By the 21st century, the moon has been colonized, and although still very much a research. Reach for tomorrow 1956, a fall of moondust 1961, tales of ten worlds. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.
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