A Fall of Moondust

by Arthur C. Clarke, Oliver Wyman (Read by)

Overview

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 pitiless and unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.

A brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival, A Fall of Moondust is a tour-de-force of psychological suspense and sustained dramatic tension.

"The best book yet about man’s most dramatic journey, the most exciting science fiction novel for years." —Evening Standard

"Expertly told and cruelly exciting to the end." —Sunday Times

"Extremely good…with some superbly ingenious and exciting new twists." —Daily Express

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480535572
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 5.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Arthur C. Clarke was considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He was an international treasure in many other ways: an article he wrote in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke - both fiction and nonfiction - have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He died in 2008 at the age of 90.

Oliver Wyman’s work in audiobooks has won many accolades, including five Audie awards from the Audio Publisher's Association and nearly a dozen Earphone awards from AudioFile magazine, in every category from humor to non-fiction. Notable works include: James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike, Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale, Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat and The Oxford English Dictionary.

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1917

Date of Death:

March 19, 2008

Place of Birth:

Minehead, Somerset, England

Place of Death:

Sri Lanka

Education:

1948, King's College, London, first-class honors in Physics and Mathematics

Editorial Reviews

The moon craft “dustcruiser” SELENE, making its regular sightseeing trip across a lunar sea, suddenly plunges into this ocean of moon dust, trapping its crew and 23 tourist passengers. Oliver Wyman’s plainspoken, focused narration captures the array of emotions of the trapped passengers and the tense, concentrated energies of the rescue team. Clarke’s story is quaint by today’s sci-fi standards, but the race-against-time element makes it compelling. Wyman keeps apace with the rapid-fire ingenuity of the scientists and engineers who are attempting the rescue under conditions never before encountered on earth. Wyman’s narration keeps the listener guessing as to the survival of the passengers, which is tenuous to the end. F.T. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2012 - AudioFile