![]() ![]() “Describe this book in a single word? Ridiculous. Otherwise, I’d be having nightmares of lardcows and insect dudes every time I look up into the sky at night. It’s a good thing we went to the moon already and discovered this was all false. ![]() ![]() Turns out there’s some crazy shit going down on the orbiting rock and the two are enslaved by some insect-dude farmers who were herding their cows (the cows are actually just big blobs of lard). And that’s exactly what another dude convinces the scientist to do. Obviously the best use for such a thing is to make a little anti-gravity ship and go to the moon. In Wells’ story, a scientist invents an anti-gravity material called, cavorite. Perhaps this novel sparked my fascination with the moon. My brother would go to the public library every weekend and run for the Sci-Fi section to see if we could find any undiscovered Wells stories. Wells was my favourite author growing up. I can’t remember the last time I read a sci-fi novel featuring a richer and more compelling premise.” “If you can imagine the Starks and Lannisters as two rival families with competing mining operations on the moon, I daresay the situation might look a lot like the plot of Luna: New Moon. There’s also a tonne of crazy political drama (and a crazy amount of sex) in this book, so if you’re a Game of Thrones fan, definitely check it out. More kale.”Īfter reading this book, I started a money jar for myself with a label that says, Mooncation Fund. Imagine if we had this technology already? My screen would constantly say, “Less donuts. I can’t wait for this to happen, because I think a mooncation (moon vacation) would be super stellar!Īnother cool thing in this novel is that everyone’s eyes are fitted with “chibs” (like Google Glass) that tell the user how much air/water/etc. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.”ġ00 years into the future, humanity has colonized the moon. Throwing rocks can get serious over interplanetary distances.Ĥ. The first AI we meet might not be intentional.ģ. I’ll get see the acronym TANSTAAFL plastered on movie posters everywhere!Ģ. I really can’t wait for this novel to become a film. Luckily computers hate cannibalism and so Mike sides with the prisoners and starts a revolt against their Earthling captors. ![]() In 2075, Earth is all faminey, so the Earthlings force their Moonling captors to grow wheat in gigantic underground farms and ship it back to their planet. The Moonlings are all like, “Nay, we need to conserve what water we have to survive!” Then the main moon computer (whose name is Mike) goes “beep boop” and calculates that the prisoners will turn to cannibalism from resource depletion if they keep sending shipments to Earth. I’m thinking of putting forward a motion to rename the moon, Mooncatraz. Since nobody likes prisoners, it only makes sense that we ship them all to the moon. As he never prepared it to be published, there are a few loose ends and anomalies, but they are easily overlooked.” “Tolkien *can* write a story with a happy ending! It’s a very charming tale, closer in style to “The Hobbit” than LOTR, but lighter and full of colloquialisms and word plays (many of which were lost on me!) that are rare in his other books. If you’re a Tolkien fan, you’ll enjoy finding quips of LOTR in this super short book that he crafted for his son after he lost his toy dog. Unfortunately the wizard is actually from Persia, but you know, he might have been from the moon. Obviously riding a seagull to the moon is the best place to look, so that’s what Rover does. Rover is unhappy with his toy-sized dog self, but needs the original wizard to change him back. Some weird wizard dude gets mad at Rover for biting him and turns him into a toy dog (justly so! Toys can’t bite). Another wizard strolls by and decides to turn the toy dog into a toy-sized dog (justly so! All toys want to become real). Instead, the main character is a dog… then a toy dog… then a toy-sized dog… yip yip! The only thing missing is a hobbit main character. There are wizards, dragons, goblins… the whole lot! Imagine all the creatures from LOTR compressed into one place – that’s what it’s like on Tolkien’s moon. But, here’s a list of some awesome writers who’ve completely re-thunk the moon and made it into a totally rad concept. Considering the moon moons us every night, I haven’t come across many cool moon concepts in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. ![]()
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