Moonrise The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures

Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. The Greeks and Romans speculated about the Moon almost 2000 years before H.G. Wells or Jules Verne wrote about it, but interest peaked from the late 1800s, when the prospect of lunar travel became more viable. This anthology presents 11 short stories from the most popular magazines of the golden age of SF, including The Strand Magazine, Astounding Science Fiction, and Amazing Stories, and features classic SF writers as well as lesser-known writers for dedicated fans of the genre to discover.

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 60 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction.

Dead Centre - Judith Merril
A Visit to the Moon - George Griffith
Sunrise on the Moon - John Munro
First Men in the Moon - H.G. Wells
Sub-Satellite - Charles Cloukey
Lunar Lilliput - William F. Temple
Nothing Happens on the Moon - Paul Ernst
Whatever Gods There Be - Gordon R. Dickson
Idiot’s Delight - John Wyndham
After a Judgement Day - Edmond Hamilton
The Sentinel - Arthur C. Clarke