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Lädt ... First on the Moonvon Hugh Walters
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Not wonderful. The most interesting part of it was looking at what bits of science he got right, and what he got wrong, about rocket flight and a moon landing. Acceleration pressure right, earth-side control of landing rockets wrong (light-speed lag), moon dust...did the real thing dance? I think it did, which is neat. The story was a little frustrating, because it depends for its beginnings on two other books that I've never seen - the hero and a good many of the supporting cast have already been established and developed their relationships. That aside, it's a rather simple adventure novel, with a _lot_ of deus ex machina maneuvering (which, if described, would largely be spoilers - it's all the turning points of the plot!). The original threat and aim of the trip to the moon is based on the previous books (mysterious aliens built a thing on the moon that was irradiating the Earth, it was blown up last book). Not knowing those events, the point of this one is a bit diluted. Then there's rivalry between the Russians and the Brits/Americans (not indistinguishable, but working together - other nations too but those two are the primaries). The depiction of the Russians is a bit simplistic, but there are good guys and bad guys on both sides (for that period, that makes it high-end writing). Oh, it was published in 1960 - thus the interest in what it got right and wrong about a moon landing. And then a final frustration - the last page (two pages, front and back) of my copy was torn off! Now I know, 99.999%, what happened in those last paragraphs...but I want the words! Now I have to hunt down this silly book somewhere else just to get that last page. Sigh. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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