Moonbase one,

by Raymond F. Jones

When the food and water sources of the first colony on the moon are destroyed, three teenagers try to find ways of assuring the colony's survival.

Genres: Science Fiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Raymond Fisher Jones (November 15, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah - January 24, 1994, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah) was an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1952 novel, This Island Earth, which was adapted into the 1955 film This Island Earth and for the short story "The Children's Room", which was adapted for television as Episode Two of the ABC network show Tales of Tomorrow, first aired on February 29, 1952.

Jones' career was at its peak during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. His stories were published mainly in magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding Stories, and Galaxy. His short story Noise Level is known as one of his best works. His short story "The Alien Machine", first published in the June, 1949 Thrilling Wonder Stories, was later expanded into the novel This Island Earth, along with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy", and "The Greater Conflict", known as The Peace Engineers Trilogy, featuring the character Cal Meacham. Jones also wrote the story upon which the episode "The Children's Room" was based for the television program Tales of Tomorrow in 1952.

Reviews

[Susanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yhdeltä istumalta pieni kuumatka. Seitkytlukulaista scifiä, mut yllättävän hyvin aikaa kestänyttä. Pääpointti kun ei ole tekniikassa, vaan ihmisissä, ihmisten keskinäisessä vuorovaikutuksessa ja ystävyydessä. Lopussa oli aika kiva koukkukin vielä. :)

[L · Rating 2 out of 5]

A juvenile Science Fiction novel fast paced and well enough written. In all of the Raymond F. Jones novels I have read the author seems more interested in human interactions than with the nuts and bolts of spaceflight. I would have rated this fast paced boy's adventure three stars but the women in this novel are way to subservient - except for one troublemaker. It makes no sense to write characters like that in 1971.