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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Fall of Moondust canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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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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