The Moon Destroyers
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · April 21, 2016
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- Who it’s for
- A speculative story linking the Moon’s pull on Earth with possible interplanetary travel and commerce.
- Themes
- Earth–Moon relationship, Interplanetary travel, Lunar commerce
- Genres
- Space Exploration Fiction
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The moon is not only the most prominent object in our heavens, but also an integral part of the Earth. We are, so to speak, an astronomical unit, and we affect each other for better or for worse. We know that the gravitational attraction of the moon causes our tides, and tends to slow up the earth in her daily rotation. It has also been deemed responsible for earthquakes, causing untold suffering among earth's people.
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But so far the effect of the moon has been rather an inhuman affair. No man has gone to the moon to see just what conditions are there, and to observe accurately the influence that the moon and earth exercise over each other. But when interplanetary travel does come, when commerce between moon and earth may possibly assume importance in our lives, the influence of the moon upon us may be more accurately determined. And when it is, the amazing series of incidents, pictured in this story, may yet come true.
Earth and Moon
A speculative story linking the Moon’s pull on Earth with possible interplanetary travel and commerce.
Come here for
- The Moon’s influence on Earth’s tides and rotation
- A future of travel and commerce between Earth and the Moon
Expect
- The Moon and Earth affecting each other
- A glimpse of lunar conditions through imagined future travel
Where it sits
| Space Exploration Fiction | 46% |
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Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Authors
- Monroe K. Ruch
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- April 21, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Earth–Moon relationship · Interplanetary travel · Lunar commerce
- Reading lane
- The Classics