Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (British Library Science Fiction Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712352759 ISBN 13: 9780712352758

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

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 2000 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 11 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 60 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction.

Review:

“Ashley delivers a robust collection of 12 short science fiction classics representing the era when the moon was the center of the fantastic literary imagination.” —Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0712352759
• ISBN 13: 9780712352758
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Ashley Mike