Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements

More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
Lunar missions.

https://www.tor.com/2023/04/27/five-sf-stories-about-moon-bases-and-lunar-settlements/
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On 4/27/2023 11:30 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
>
> More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
> Lunar missions.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/04/27/five-sf-stories-about-moon-bases-and-lunar-settlements/

I definitely have read Varley's "The Barbie Murders". "Growing Up
Weightless" sounds familiar.

I found Andy Weir's "Artemis" book to be excellent moonbase book. The
low pressure pure oxygen environment and continuous fire watch freaked
me out but made sense.

Lynn

On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 12:30:15 PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
>
> More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
> Lunar missions.

Rogue Moon was written before then, but other than it should count, no?

On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 12:30:15 PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
>
> More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
> Lunar missions.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/04/27/five-sf-stories-about-moon-bases-and-lunar-settlements/

A hiatus that hasn't ended yet.

pt

In article <13e1e2f0-751a-4e8d-af16-4c25772b7466n@googlegroups.com>,
pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 12:30:15 PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
>>
>> More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
>> Lunar missions.
>>
>>
>https://www.tor.com/2023/04/27/five-sf-stories-about-moon-bases-and-lunar-settlements/
>
> A hiatus that hasn't ended yet.
>
>pt

I am convinced a return of humans to the lunar surface is no further off
than controlled commercial fusion.
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Aside from objections by the manufacturer of the Aquarius data
processing system (and its predecessor, the Intellivision), could
the title have instead been changed because it could confuse
people, leading to think it belonged in the "True Crime" section
instead of the science-fiction section of bookstores... thanks to
a certain guy named Klaus?

John Savard

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 8:52:05 AM UTC-6, James Nicoll wrote:

> I am convinced a return of humans to the lunar surface is no further off
> than controlled commercial fusion.

Does this mean that you are not convinced that the Artemis III mission
is likely to take place as scheduled or nearly so?

I can't agree with that statement even at my most pessimistic. Because
it is not impossible that fusion might be tamed eventually, even if it takes
hundreds of years... and it is also possible that if Artemis III is cancelled,
even if human technological progress continues, so that we can advance
towards controlled fusion, it's possible we might just discard manned
space travel as useless for a very long time.

After all, unlike traipsing around on the Moon, fusion power has obvious
practical utility.

John Savard

On Friday, 28 April 2023 at 00:52:09 UTC+1, art...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 12:30:15 PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
> >
> > More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
> > Lunar missions.
> Rogue Moon was written before then, but other than it should count, no?

And _Welcome to Mars_ (1967) is only disqualified
on two counts. :-)

Lynn McGuire wrote:

>I found Andy Weir's "Artemis" book to be excellent moonbase book.
>The low pressure pure oxygen environment and continuous fire watch
>freaked me out but made sense.

I also enjoyed Artemis.

Brian

James Nicoll wrote:

>Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements

Another Varley set on the Moon colonies of the 8 Worlds setting is
Steel Beach. I always remember that because a friend brought it to me
when I was in the hospital recovering from surgery back in the 90s.

Brian

On 4/28/2023 10:27 AM, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 8:52:05 AM UTC-6, James Nicoll wrote:
>
>> I am convinced a return of humans to the lunar surface is no further off
>> than controlled commercial fusion.
>
> Does this mean that you are not convinced that the Artemis III mission
> is likely to take place as scheduled or nearly so?
>
> I can't agree with that statement even at my most pessimistic. Because
> it is not impossible that fusion might be tamed eventually, even if it takes
> hundreds of years... and it is also possible that if Artemis III is cancelled,
> even if human technological progress continues, so that we can advance
> towards controlled fusion, it's possible we might just discard manned
> space travel as useless for a very long time.
>
> After all, unlike traipsing around on the Moon, fusion power has obvious
> practical utility.
>
> John Savard

Hey, those people traipsing around the Moon and Mars will be the last
survivors when the Invaders show up in a couple of years to save the
dolphins and Whales. Says so right in the "The Eight Worlds"
documentary series.

Lynn

On 4/27/2023 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 4/27/2023 11:30 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Five SF Stories About Moon Bases and Lunar Settlements
>>
>> More exactly, stories written during the long hiatus of crewed
>> Lunar missions.
>>
>> https://www.tor.com/2023/04/27/five-sf-stories-about-moon-bases-and-lunar-settlements/
>
> I definitely have read Varley's "The Barbie Murders".  "Growing Up
> Weightless" sounds familiar.
>
> I found Andy Weir's "Artemis" book to be excellent moonbase book.  The
> low pressure pure oxygen environment and continuous fire watch freaked
> me out but made sense.
>
> Lynn

And of course, "The Eight Worlds" documentary series.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B13YJCD/

Lynn