Moon in science fiction

The

Early depictions

The Moon has been a

By the latter part of the 1800s, it was clear that the Moon was devoid of life, making depictions of lunar lifeforms and societies lack credibility.

Following the end of

An early example of colonization of Moon is found in The Lunar Trilogy of Polish writer Jerzy Żuławski, written between 1901 and 1911. There, a small colony is founded by survivors of the marooned exploration party.^[22] Colonization of the Moon is depicted in Murray Leinster's 1950s Joe Kenmore series starting with the novel Space Platform, Larry Niven's 1980 novel The Patchwork Girl, and Roger MacBride Allen's 1988 novel Farside Cannon, among others.^[1][2] Lunar colonies are sometimes humanity's last refuge when the Earth is no longer habitable, as in Arthur C. Clarke's 1951 short story "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth" where the Earth has succumbed to nuclear holocaust and Stephen Baxter's 1998 novel Moonseed where the Earth is destroyed by an alien nanotechnology from the Moon itself.^[2][3][23] The Moon is terraformed in a handful of works including the 1991 novel Reunion by John Gribbin and Marcus Chown.^[1][3]

The residents of lunar colonies often seek independence from Earth. The 1931 novel

The

space mining to extract resources from the lunar surface.^[24] The degenerated colonists of Żuławski's Lunar Trilogy develop a religion worshipping Earth, and welcome a returning Earth astronaut as a Messiah.^[22]

See also

• List of appearances of the Moon in fiction
• List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era)
• List of fictional astronauts (futuristic exploration of Moon)

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Further reading

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• Carter, Paul A. (Spring 1974). "Rockets to the Moon 1919–1944: A Dialogue Between Fiction and Reality".
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• Caryad; Römer, Thomas; Zingsem, Vera (2014). "Werwölfe, Seleniten, Astronauten – und ein Mond aus grünem Käse" [Werewolves, Selenites, Astronauts – And a Moon Made of Green Cheese]. Wanderer am Himmel: Die Welt der Planeten in Astronomie und Mythologie [Wanderers in the Sky: The World of the Planets in Astronomy and Mythology] (in German). Springer-Verlag. pp. 123–125.
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• Determann, Jörg Matthias (2020). "Trips to the Moon". Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 71–104.
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• Fraknoi, Andrew (January 2024). "Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index" (PDF). Astronomical Society of the Pacific (7.3 ed.). p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
• Hampton, Steven (Winter 1997–1998). Lee, Tony (ed.). "What Was It Like on the Moon, Grandad? One Small Step for Fiction, a Giant Leap for Fact: Earth's Satellite and S. F.". The Planets Project: A Science Fictional Tour of the Solar System.
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• Liptak, Andrew (October 2019). "Destination: Luna".
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• May, Andrew (2018). "Next Stop: The Moon". Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War. Science and Fiction. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 64–72.
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• Nicolson, Marjorie Hope (1948). Voyages to the Moon. Macmillan Co.
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