Mission to the Moon Winston Science Fiction Book 30 eBook Lester del Rey
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Jim Stanley, who had helped to build the first space station, was thrilled to return to it as a member of the crew selected to erect the ships which would fulfill Man's age-long dream to reach the Moon. A total effort was being made to surpass the progress achieved in outer space by an enemy Combine. It was believed that if this foreign group scored the initial landing and gained control of the cold planet, the world would be threatened.
The desperate effort to forge ahead of the Combine suddenly turns into a race against death when a young, space-happy boy takes off alone for the Moon in an inadequate ship. Although hampered by accidents, false rumors, and conflicts on Earth below, the crew works with frantic haste and grim determination to get the ships underway and to the boy in time. Jim Stanley, as mechanic and pilot, contributes a major share in the task of construction and on the tense rescue journey.
Here is a gripping account of pioneers in space by one of science fictions best known and most skillful writers. Jim Stanley's adventures on the first flight to the Moon make a lusty and exciting tale for all who love to envision man's ultimate conquest of space.
Mission to the Moon Winston Science Fiction Book 30 eBook Lester del Rey
I read this book as a kid, and now my 9-year old son is reading it. It's a bit dated (with Cold War references, and some facts that are outdated based on more recent probes that have visited the plants), but it's a great sci-fi adventure story. Good vocabulary builder, too.Product details
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Mission to the Moon Winston Science Fiction Book 30 eBook Lester del Rey Reviews
Mission to the Moon (1956) is the second SF novel in the Jim Stanley series, following Step to the Stars.
In the previous volume, Jim was fired from an aircraft plant because of his age. Then he was fired from a job as an auto mechanic after an FBI special agent inadvertently disclosed his age. The FBI man took him into the Federal Building for an interview.
Jim was introduced to two men, one a military colonel and the other called Janos. They queried him about his life and training. Then they offered him a job and sent him off for a medical exam.
Jim was flown to Johnston Island. Two other passengers were on the plane. One was a manual laborer and the other was Swenmark.
After more tests, Jim was accepted as a worker on the space station being constructed. Mark was one of the pilots. Mark took him up to the construction site.
In this novel, James Stanley is a stocky nineteen year old, who had helped built the space station. Then Jim went back to school. He is a qualified space pilot.
Mark Emmett was one of Jim's professors at Central Tech. Then he had become one of the pilots for the space projects.
Nora Prescott was a nurse and the only female on the station. Then she became a taxi pilot. She went back to school to get her space pilot license.
Halpern is a Colonel in the US military. He commands the military aspects of the space station.
Fred Halpern is the fifteen year old son of the colonel. Freddy's mother had died while he was a child. He had been spoiled by his grandmother and his father had brought him to the station..
In this story, Jim is returning to Johnston Island. He had been called to the space station for an emergency. Freddy had stowed away on a ship to the relay station currently under construction. Unfortunately, he had dumped the original contents of the box.
The items from the shipping container are required as soon as possible. The pilot of the space ferry is in the hospital. So Jim pilots the space ferry to retrieve Freddy from the relay station.
There he meets several people who had worked with him on building the space station. He also meets Freddy. The boy wants to fly the ferry back to the station, but Jim lets him view some videos instead.
Jim notices that the supplies for the Moon ships haven't changed. He hears that the project is shut down. The president is backing the voyage to the Moon, but Congress hasn't passed the bill to fund the project.
Jim also notices signs of a Combine space station. He reports it to Halpern and gets a bland declaration that the news will be transmitted to the proper authorities. Jim suspects that the colonel knows much more about the Combine space efforts.
Jim is called down to Earth to meet three members of Congress. They interview him about the space station for a few hours. They seem to be more concerned about his acquaintance with a top Combine official than anything else about the station.
Jim meets Nora shortly after coming to the surface. She has received her space pilot license and is very excited. She and Jim go to a restaurant and discuss past experiences.
This tale brings an announcement of the Combine space station. The Combine also petitions the World Congress to limit the building of space stations. The USA responds with the passing of a bill to fund the Moon ship project.
Then Freddy takes a space ferry to the Moon. The next installment in this sequence is Moon of Mutiny.
This story is a SF classic. It was originally intended for Young Adults and is definitely outdated. But I thoroughly enjoyed it as a teenager.
Highly recommended for Del Rey fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of rebellious youths, space construction, and a bit of romance. Read and enjoy!
-Arthur W. Jordin
This is the middle book of 3, a book I have long looked for as I had read the Third book, "Moon of Mutiny", first and then the first book, "Step to the Stars" a few years later. I did not even know this one existed until long after I read the first book, when I found a terribly damaged copy at a landfill. I have boon looking for it ever since, and it did not disappoint.
This is not really a story about exploring the moon, it is a story about getting there. Written years before the Apollo landing, it assumes that the moon will be reached by ships built in orbit and fueled at an orbital space station.
SPOILER The actual first moon landing is made by a boy (Fred Halpern) who, worried that the Russians will reach the moon first, steals a "space taxi" used to ferry materials about in orbit. The reason that the taxi was not supposed to be used is that it was not able to land safely, nor could it carry enough fuel to return, the real moon expedition had to launch early to attempt a rescue.
In the 1950s the John C. Winston Company published a series of science fiction novels for teen age readers. Winston recruited a stable of well-established SF authors, including such icons as Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, Lester del Rey, and Poul Anderson, to write the books. Many of today's science fiction fans credit this famous series as their introduction to the genre. A number of books in this iconic series have recently become available as e-books.
Mission to the Moon is the second volume in a trilogy that has become known as "The Jim Stanley Series." Written by del Rey, the most prolific author--and one of the best--in the Winston series, the book picks up the story of The Conquest of Space (as it was called in the mid-20th century) a few months after completion of the first space station. Jim Stanley, who played a major role in getting the station built, has been called back from college to retrieve the station commander's son from a manned communications relay station being constructed in geosynchronous orbit.
Back on board the big wheel orbiting 1,700 KM above Earth, Stanley quickly sees there has been no progress on building vehicles for the first trip to the moon. That's of special interest to him since he is slated to pilot one of the ships. Apparently the lunar journey has run onto the same political rocks that plagued construction of the station. Then it becomes apparent another nation is planning a trip to the moon, and suddenly the same forces that put US lunar exploration on hold decide it's imperative that Americans get to the moon ASAP. Sound familiar? One American - the same kid who stowed away on a shuttle to the relay station - decides it's so imperative he takes off for the moon in a taxi designed only for use in near earth orbit. From there Mission to the Moon becomes a rescue mission story, and a pretty good story based on realistic technology.
A couple elements of the story accurately replicate actual events of the 1960s. One is the race to the moon itself. The United States and the Soviet Union (called The Combine in the Stanley series books) did compete for bragging rights as first to put people on another world. The second is the final moments of Jim Stanley's eventual landing on the moon. Del Rey presciently has his protagonist experience the same challenge Neil Armstrong faced when he found The Eagle heading for a landing spot that would have spelled disaster for the mission.
Mission to the Moon is another example of del Rey's talent as a crafter of fast-paced, well-written, and well-plotted fiction. The characters are all well-developed and quite believable. The dialogue, an area where less able authors often fail, is natural and does a good job of carrying the story.
The prequel to Mission to the Moon is Step to the Stars (Winston Science Fiction) which is also available as a e-book. The third volume in the series is Moon of Mutiny (Winston Science Fiction). Read them in order for the most coherent story.
I read this book as a kid, and now my 9-year old son is reading it. It's a bit dated (with Cold War references, and some facts that are outdated based on more recent probes that have visited the plants), but it's a great sci-fi adventure story. Good vocabulary builder, too.
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