A Fall of Moondust

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A Fall of Moondust is a 1961 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke about a tourist vessel trapped beneath the Moon’s dust surface and the ensuing rescue efforts.

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instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
author Arthur C. Clarke
authorOtherWork 2001: A Space Odyssey
Childhood's End
surface form: Childhood’s End

Rendezvous with Rama
awardNominated Hugo Award for Best Novel
awardNominationYear 1962
containsElement limited life-support crisis
media coverage of disaster
subsurface dust avalanche
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre science fiction
hasCategory 1960s science fiction novels
British science fiction novels
novels set on the Moon
hasCriticalReception generally positive
hasForm standalone novel
hasMainCharacter Pat Harris
Sue Wilkins
hasNarrativePerspective third-person
hasRescueTeamCharacter Chief Engineer Lawrence
Commodore Hansteen
hasScientificAspect speculation about deep lunar dust seas
hasStructure linear narrative
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTheme disaster survival
human ingenuity
rescue operations
space travel
hasVehicle Selene
influencedBy contemporary lunar science of the 1950s and early 1960s
isPartOfSeries no
language English
mediaType print
narrativeLocation Sea of Thirst
notableFor realistic depiction of lunar environment based on pre-Apollo knowledge
plotSummary A tourist vessel becomes trapped beneath the Moon’s dust surface and a rescue operation is mounted.
publicationYear 1961
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd
setting Moon
surface form: the Moon
timePeriodOfSetting near future
workType hard science fiction

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Arthur C. Clarke notableWork A Fall of Moondust