A Fall of Moondust

Arthur C. Clarke
3.89
11,377 ratings 637 reviews
For a million years the bubble had been growing, like a vast abscess, below the root of the mountains. Now the abscess was about to burst. Captain Harris had left the controls on autopilot and was talking to the front row of passengers as the first tremor shook the boat. For a fraction of a second he wondered if a fan blade had hit some submerged obstacle; then, quite literally, the bottom fell out of his world.It fell slowly, as all things must upon the Moon. The sea was alive and moving . . . Every stage of that nightmare transformation was pitilessly illuminated by the earth light, until the crater was so deep that its firewall was completely lost in shadow, and it seemed as if Selene were racing into a curving crescent of utter blackness – an arc of annihilation.In darkness and in silence, they were sinking into the Moon. . . .
Genres: Science FictionFictionClassicsSpaceFantasyAudiobookSpeculative FictionNovelsScience Fiction FantasyAdventure
224 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
3076 (27%)
4 star
4648 (41%)
3 star
3032 (27%)
2 star
529 (5%)
1 star
92 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Arthur C. Clarke

Lists with this book

Dune
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Forever War
SF Masterworks
196 books • 718 voters
Dune
Slaughterhouse-Five
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
292 books • 244 voters
Ender’s Game
Dune
1984
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8215 books • 24480 voters
Ender’s Game
Dune
Fahrenheit 451
Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees
294 books • 165 voters