Boyce, Frank Cottrell
“Cosmic”
Walden Pond Press
2008 (2010)
ISBN13: 978-0-061-83683-1
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: Fresh out this week here in the U.S., so far (p. 49) this one is a brisk and engaging read. Make that a delightful read, and one that the grownups should read after their kids are done, as it gets pretty much everything right.
Preston, Douglas
“Impact”
Forge Book/Tom Doherty Associates
2009
ISBN: 978-0-765-31768-1
Librarian’s Note: Not what I expected, and certainly some speculative science fiction, with a couple of interesting twists at the end.
Mattel Inc.
“Miss Astronaut Barbie®”
Special Edition - My Favorite Career: 1965
2009
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: The third Barbie® added to the Lunar Library, this one is a reproduction of a 1965 model that arrived just in time for the Gemini program. From the package:
“Yes, she was a rocket scientist - taking us to new fashion heights, while firmly placing her stilettos on the [M]oon.”
P.S. I’m still waiting for the Barbie® Dream™ ISS/Bigelow Module.
Jones, Duncan (Dir.)
“Moon”
Sony Pictures Classics
2010
Publisher’s Web Site
Out of the Cradle Review
Librarian’s Note: Will this be the movie that demonstrates to the movie studios that there is in fact a market for smart science fiction? Whilst compiling the Lunar Library entry for this item it was ranked #10 (blu-ray) and #26 (DVD) at Amazon, and when I went to my local electronics bigbox to pick up a copy I got the next to last one. Personally, I like the way the movie examines the philosophical question of the industrialization of human beings via cloning.
Popular Science
“The New Space Rush”
Bonnier Corp.
01/2010
Publisher’s Web Site
Laxman, Srinivas
“Moonshot India: Chandrayaan-1 - The mission complete”
NavNeet Publications (India) Ltd.
2009
Infibeam website
Out of the Cradle Review (pdf, p. 16)
Sky & Telescope
Special Moon Issue: “NASA Finds Lunar Water”
Sky & Telescope Media
02/2010
Publisher’s Web Site
Lang, Rob
“Inside Science: Moon and Tides”
Creative Teaching Press
2009
ISBN13: 978-1-591-98708-6
Publisher’s Web Site
Kelley, Jane
“Inside Science: Comets and Meteors”
Creative Teaching Press
2009
ISBN13: 978-1-591-98707-9
Publisher’s Web Site
O’Brien, Bill
“Inside Science: Space Station”
Creative Teaching Press
2009
ISBN: 978-1-591-98700-0
Publisher’s Web Site
“Pocket Rockets”
Hazgaard Editions/Asmodee US
2009
Ref: KG17
Publisher’s Web Site
BoardGameGeek Web Site
Duffy, Carol Ann (Ed.)
“To The Moon: An Anthology of Lunar Poems”
Picador
2009
ISBN: 978-0-330-46131-3
KidKraft
Glow in the Dark Space Train Station
Item 17471
2009 (?)
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: Wicked cool! Glow in the dark tracks and features, different centers of activity, three teams of astronauts (red, blue, yellow), nuclear materials to move around, massive robots from some machine intelligence beyond the stars, a cool celestial navigation table for the command center, trucks, a crane, a rocket, a saucer, and some aliens (if you’re into that sort of thing), all guaranteed to provide hours and hours of imaginative play. Kudos to KidKraft for this one.
RHI Entertainment
“Meteor”
Genius Products
2009
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: The only real reason to watch this one is to stare in awe at just how much science they got so horribly wrong in one show.
BBC Focus Magazine
“Destination Space”
BBC Worldwide
12/2009
#210
Publisher’s Web Site
JAXA
“Kaguya on the Moon”
Shinchosha Publishing Co.
2009
ISBN13: 978-4-103-20021-5
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: I first saw this one at the LEAG 2009 conference and knew I had to get a copy for the Lunar Library. As a book it’s a work of art in layout design, and the imagery is just stunning. Now if only I could read Japanese…
Blühm, Andreas
“The Moon: ‘Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed’”
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2009
ISBN13: 978-0-890-90170-0
Publisher’s Web Site
Exhibition Web Site (through 01/10/10)
“Make: technology on your time Vol. 20″
O’Reilly
11/2009
Publisher’s Web Site
Dangerous Films Ltd.
“Moonshot”
A&E Television Networks
2009
Publisher’s Web Site
Tully, Tim & Kathy Marty
“Astropuppies in Space: An Amazing Adventure for Young Astronauts”
Universe Productions
2009
Publisher’s Web Site
“2-in-1 Space Rocket”
Daron Toys
2009
Item #: FM361
Publisher’s Web Site
Roth, Jeffrey
“The Wonder of It All”
Indican Pictures
2009
Publisher’s Web Site
Official Film Web Site