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A Fall of Moondust
Written by Arthur C. Clarke
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Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics ‘2001, A Space Odyssey’, ‘Childhood’s End’, ‘The City and the Stars’ and ‘Rendezvous With Rama’. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He was knighted in 1998. He passed away in March 2008.
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Reviews for A Fall of Moondust
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I finish it just to finish, I got used to much better SF books from Clarke, this is not one of the best. Is interesting as an evolution of SF.