3 Hard Shots at the Moon - Paperback

by John Kessel (Author), Ian McDonald (Author), Michael Swanwick (Author)

This book is a collection of three classic hard science fiction novellas set on the moon. "Griffin's Egg" by five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick, is the tale of a lunar settlement's struggle to survive as a thermonuclear war ravages Earth. "Stories for Men" by two-time winner of the Nebula Award, John Kessel, was a recipient of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. It's the story of a man who struggles with his place in a matriarchal society that dominates the lunar colony where he lives. "The Menace from Farside" by Hugo Award winner Ian McDonald, pays homage to the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. It's part of the author's popular Luna series. In this novella, a teenager justifies to a psychological-counsellor AI, her excursion to the site of the first Moon landing at the Sea of Tranquility.