'Expertly told and cruelly exciting to the end.' - The Sunday Times 'The best book yet about man's most dramatic journey, the most exciting science fiction novel for years.' - Evening Standard

Nominated for the Hugo Award in 1963, this brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension sure to appeal to fans of Andy Weir's The Martian. While time runs out for the passengers and crew, rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the unpredictable conditions of the lunar environment. But when a prototype tourist craft called the Selene encounters a moonquake, the ship plummets under a vast body of liquid-fine moondust called the Sea of Thirst. He died in 2008 at the age of 90.A 'superbly ingenious' classic of space survival from the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey-one of science fiction's most influential grandmasters ( Daily Express).Įxpanding the Moon's population hinges on building a thriving tourist industry. Clarke - both fiction and nonfiction - have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He was an international treasure in many other ways: an article he wrote in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Clarke was considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. 'Extremely good.with some superbly ingenious and exciting new twists.' - Daily ExpressĬontributor Bio(s): Clarke, Arthur C.: - 'Arthur C. 'Expertly told and cruelly exciting to the end.' - Sunday Times

On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.Ī brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival, A Fall of Moondust is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension. Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks (Author), Wyman, Oliver (Read by)īinding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke