Operation Columbus
Faber | |
Publication date | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 191 |
| 823.91 | |
| Preceded by | The Domes of Pico |
| Followed by | Moon Base One |
Operation Columbus is a juvenile
Faber
in 1959, in the US by Criterion Books in 1960 under the title First on the Moon, and in the Netherlands by Prisma Juniores as 'Wedloop naar de Maan' 1963.
Plot summary
Both America and Russia plan crewed missions to the Moon to examine the wreckage of the structures destroyed in Lunar Rover vehicle and both head for the wrecked domes, leading to a tense standoff...
The book predates the first use of a Lunar Rover by 11 years.
External links
- Operation Columbus title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Operation Columbus page
- Operation Columbus blog plot summary
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