Author : Ben Bova
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN :
A handbook for would-be visitors and workers at a twenty-first-century lunar settlement.
Author : Stuart Gibbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442494883
It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School that The New York Times Book Review called “a delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller.” Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he’s bored out of his mind. Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time—and the only other kid Dash’s age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games. Then Moon Base Alpha’s top scientist turns up dead. Dash senses there’s foul play afoot, but no one believes him. Everyone agrees Dr. Holtz went onto the lunar surface without his helmet properly affixed, simple as that. But Dr. Holtz was on the verge of an important new discovery, Dash finds out, and it’s a secret that could change everything for the Moonies—a secret someone just might kill to keep...
Author : Stuart Gibbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481423371
In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson's a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he's faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan, who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who's hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.
Author : Stuart Gibbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481477803
In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Ace
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 29,85 MB
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425260887
An antiquities dealer travels to Earth to search for an artifact of the early space age and to search for an interstellar transport that vanished 11 years prior.
Author : E.C. Tubb
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0575107537
On the airless surface of the Moon the 'cold war' continues, with the bases of the major world powers watching each other and waiting . . . The dedicated personnel of Britain's Moon Base seemed well-adjusted to their peculiar existence despite a series of mysterious happenings. What bothers them most is the visit of a Royal Commission sent by an economically-worried British Government to investigate expenditure. Travelling with the Commission, but under separate and secret orders, is Felix Larsen, who's investigations are of quite a different nature. Larsen, alive to the possibilities of espionage, soon finds himself faced with the inexplicable. Why should one man fall a thousand feet and escape with minor bruises while another dies after falling a mere eighteen inches? Why does a desperate man, bent on suicide and with all the means at hand, find it absolutely impossible to kill himself? What are the strange messages emanating from the Base - and from whence do they come? And what is the fantastic thing that has been conceived in the research department?
Author : Albert A. Harrison
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2002-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520236776
Publisher Fact Sheet An exploration of the human side of spaceflight: what living & working in space will really be like in the decades to come.
Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786455276
Starring internationally renowned actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse and Catherine Schell, the British-made Space: 1999 was the only truly original space adventure of the mid-1970s. Sandwiched between the demise of the original Star Trek and the opening of the Stars Wars series on the big screen, Space: 1999 featured a richly-visualized world where space was terrifying and mysterious, where not all problems were solvable by technology and the space travelers were very human. From the science fiction show's conception in 1973 to its cancellation in 1977, this reference work covers each of the 48 episodes in depth, including a full plot synopsis, writer, director, guest star credits, and critical commentary that examines both the episode and other shows that have used similar plotlines. The popularity of Space: 1999 memorabilia and its many fan clubs are fully discussed, along with the possibility of a future movie or reunion show that would tie up the loose ends caused by the show's abrupt cancellation.
Author : Don Sakers
Publisher : Speed-of-C Productions
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2004-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780971614765
A Different Kind of Datebook: Drawn from the pages of classic sf literature. here is a science fiction/fantasy event for every day of the year...and for quite a few days that AREN'T part of the year.
Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1135923736
Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.
