Project Avalon is the gripping story of the founding of the first private lunar colony while civilization on Earth crumbles under its own decayed weight. In the tradition of Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Project Avalon explores the current socio-political conditions of the human race and extrapolates their development into a dangerous yet promising future. Project Avalon is a prescient cautionary tale, which nevertheless paints a vivid picture of a brilliant tomorrow for humanity.
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B. Alexander Howerton's Project Avalon has the feel of those early science fiction stories about man's first trips into space. Howerton is a fine writer who tells a credible tale. I'm ashamed to admit that I was initially put off by the book because of the fact that a regular publisher had not validated it by publishing it. I did read Project Avalon while on vacation and enjoyed the tale, which managed to engender that old sense of wonder that I miss in most modern science fiction stories. I would not hesitate to recommend it to readers and would not hesitate to read Howerton's future novels, no matter who publishes them. -- John Douglas, Grand Rapids Press, November 4, 1998
This is a novel about the establishment of a minimal lunar settlement in the nick of time. Howerton has it right about THE reason to establish a survivable exclave of humanity beyond the biosphere of cradle Earth. He also has it right about the inability of Design by Committee to come up with, and stick to a rational plan and design. Howerton earns our kudos for realizing that however much expansion into space may seem to be a matter of "manifest destiny", it will happen only if individuals with unquenchable fire in their guts get together in a tightly held effort from which fellow travelers and allies of convenience are excluded. Project Avalon will be an enjoyable read. -- Moon Miners' Manifesto, September 1998
This is a novel about the establishment of a minimal lunar settlement in the nick of time. Howerton has it right about THE reason to establish a survivable exclave of humanity beyond the biosphere of cradle Earth. He also has it right about the inability of Design by Committee to come up with, and stick to a rational plan and design. Howerton earns our kudos for realizing that however much expansion into space may seem to be a matter of "manifest destiny", it will happen only if individuals with unquenchable fire in their guts get together in a tightly held effort from which fellow travelers and allies of convenience are excluded. Project Avalon will be an enjoyable read. -- Moon Miners' Manifesto, September 1998
About the Author
B. Alexander Howerton is the President of the Space Stock Surfers of Grand Rapids, Michigan, an investment club concentrating on the companies that are developing the space infrastructure. Alex has been researching the economics of space development since 1989. He is the author of two books on space. Free Space! Real Alternatives For Reaching Outer Space (1995), is a non-fiction examination of the emerging space commerce. Project Avalon (1998) is a science fiction novel portraying the establishment of the first private lunar colony. Alex published Space Available, The Space Investor's Report, from 1992 to 1995, and was Business Manager of the space-oriented magazines Countdown and Quest from 1994 to 1996. He has published articles in several periodicals, including Ad Astra, Space News, The Futurist, Countdown, Moon Miner's Manifesto, and Space Governance. Alex believes the only way to successfully develop space is through the mechanisms of private enterprise, and that such activities will result in the general expansion of the global economy and a rising standard of living for all people.
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Great hard SF, with undertones of Arthurian legend,
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Alexander Howerton writes a great hard SF novel about the need for a manned colony on the moon within a compelling and entertaining story. Woven into the story are characters and elements from the legend of King Arthur. You'll have fun trying to match up the characters in Project Avalon with their counterparts in Arthurian legend.
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Feels like the space activist community as it wishes to be.,
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...found this book to be a satisfying, if thinly veiled, treatise on the prospect of near future Lunar Colonization.If you believe that mankind is destined to live in space, you will find yourself sympathetic to this author and his characters. You may enjoy the threads that reach further into mankind's collected legend than the traditional bow to Heinlein, Niven, Bova, or Clarke. A pleasant way to taste the culture of today's space activist community. This book represents them well. ---v
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