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Bezig met laden... Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (British Library Science Fiction Classics)door Mike Ashley (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was an interesting book in terms of looking at people's views of the future, but is not the greatest reading experience. I enjoyed it and one or two of the stories were excellent. But several had not aged well, including the H.G. Wells extract. Hats off to the British Library for exploring their collection. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. The Greeks and Romans speculated about the Moon almost two thousand years before H. G. Wells or Jules Verne wrote about it, but interest peaked from the late 1800s when the prospect of lunar travel became more viable. This anthology presents twelve short stories from the most popular magazines of the golden age of SF - including The Strand Magazine, Astounding Science Fiction and Amazing Stories - and features classic SF writers as well as lesser-known writers for dedicated fans of the genre to discover. Includes stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Judith Merril and John Wyndham."--Provided by publisher. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Title: Moonrise
Series: British Library Science Fiction Classics
Editor: Mike Ashley
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 258
Words: 99.5K
Synopsis:
Dead Centre
Judith Merril
A Visit to the Moon
George Griffith
Sunrise on the Moon
John Munro
First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells
Sub-Satellite
Charles Cloukey
Lunar Lilliput
William F. Temple
Nothing Happens on the Moon
Paul Ernst
Whatever Gods There Be
Gordon R. Dickson
Idiot’s Delight
John Wyndham
After a Judgement Day
Edmond Hamilton
The Sentinel
Arthur C. Clarke
My Thoughts:
Boring, boring, boring. Many of these stories were more travelogues “in space” than any adventure story. I can imagine the moon just fine on my own thank you very much.
Yeah, not much else to say besides boring. I mentioned this in the Lost Mars review, but these stories are mostly in public domain and they are there because nobody cares enough to do the work to keep them punching out pennies for the author or their estate. If nobody is willing to do that minimal work, that should tell you a good bit about the stories themselves. Mainly forgotten stories that nobody will miss once they are completely forgotten.
So far, this series has felt like something thrown together by the editor to make a quick buck or to fill in some sort of hole in a publishing schedule. I will say, those vintage SF geeks will probably enjoy these, but I am not one of those people. I might enjoy old stories, but not because they are old, but because they are good. A vintage SF geek will enjoy the story because it is old, period.
★★☆☆☆ ( )