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“New Views of the Moon”Ken Murphy / 5:30 pm June 30th, 2006  Joliff, Bradley L. et al (eds.) “Quarterly Launch Report - 2nd Quarter 2006″Ken Murphy / 2:36 pm June 30th, 2006 Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation 50 Lunar sci fi reviews and counting…Ken Murphy / 7:42 pm June 27th, 2006 While Mark was nice enough to post a collection of the Lunar science fiction reviews here on the homepage, the reviews have continued over in the forums, and have now hit the 50 mark (with at least twice that many yet to go). Recent additions include “The Moon Metal” by Garrett Serviss, “Moonbase” by E.C. Tubb and “Countdown for Cindy” by Eloise Engle. Spanning over a hundred years of the Moon in modern fiction (or more properly, fiction on the Moon), choices are random, from pre-juvenile to fully adult. You never know what’s going to be next on the list, and still over a hundred to go… For the Starchild in all of us…Ken Murphy / 6:19 pm June 19th, 2006 Published in 2006 by Apogee Books, it weighs in at 303 pages plus CD-ROM with all images and slideshow feature featuring music by Hawkwind. A few minor factual errors, but nothing significant given the sheer volume of material. Full Disclosure: This reviewer also helped to write the book. I was asked to help Tom Matula with the Moon section. I receive no remuneration for either my contribution to the book or this review, other than an author’s copy from the editor. Hot off the presses, this amazing book was created by engaging thousands of schoolchildren in the U.S. and Canada to submit some 18,000 questions and thousands of drawings. These were then culled for duplicates and unintelligible questions, and the remaining 1,827 questions were then farmed out to scores of people engaged in our space efforts. With 101 chapters, the questions clearly ranged across a wide variety of topics. “Tales of the Grand Tour” (CD)Ken Murphy / 11:54 pm June 1st, 2006 Bova, Ben |
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