Return to Luna

by Eric T. Reynolds, George T. Whitesides (Introduction), Adam Israel (Contributor)

Return to Luna. New Science Fiction stories that show the adventure of Lunar Settlement. Feel the romance of life there, the wonder of the lunar frontier, of its magnificent desolation. Near future, realistic stories about human lunar settlement. We present the winning stories of the National Space Society's 2008 Return to Luna fiction contest. Winning stories selected by award-winning authors and editors including Tobias S. Buckell, Michael A. Burstein, Rob Darnell, Tom Dupree, Jude-Marie Green, Jay Lake, Geoffrey A. Landis, Christopher McKitterick, Eric T. Reynolds, Lawrence M. Schoen, Allen Steele, Ian Randal Strock. Fantastic stories by Benjamin Abbott, Andrew Barton, Brandon Bell, Brenta Blevins, Gustavo Bondoni, M. C. Chambers, Ken Edgett, Sarah A. Eastly, J. M. Fisher, Adam Israel, Gerri Leen, F.R.R. Mallory, Matthew Pavletich, Shauna Roberts, David Schibi, Karen T. Smith, Mark J. Soppet, Fran Van Cleave. Cover art by Walter Myers. Foreword by Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt. Introduction by George T. Whitesides, Executive Director, National Space Society. Edited by Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books.

Genres: Science Fiction

268 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2008

About the author

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Publisher and Editor of Hadley Rille Books, based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm afraid I didn't have time to read the whole thing (I was borrowing it and had to return it), so I skipped around a bit. Of the ones I got to read I particularly enjoyed:

Apples on the Moon by Karen T. Smith - Young adult story about a pair of sisters and romance and teenagers doing stupid things. It was fun and I really hit it off with the main character. I was sorry it wasn't longer. :) I would have liked to spend more time with the characters.

Coyote and the Gamblers by Shauna Roberts - Native Americans who have to evacuate their poisoned reservation build up a settlement on the moon as part of a deal with another tribe. Fifty years later, they want out of the deal that would require them to give up their new home for their old one. I could feel how these people had changed and adapted and become connected to the lunar settlement and loved it. They couldn't leave! I was really rooting for them, and got nervous when their trickery... Well, I won't spoil it. :) Wonderful story.

[Gustavo Bondoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a story in here, so not rating that one, obviously. The rest of the stories were extremely well-written and entertaining, plus, how can one not love an antho created to promote humanity's return to the moon?

[Adam Israel]

I am the author of "Misdirected", one of the stories in this great anthology.

[Shauna]

I have a story in this anthology.