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Luna: New Moon Hardcover – September 22, 2015

by Ian McDonald (Author)

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The Moon wants to kill you. Whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or you just get caught up in a fight between the Moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the Moon's near feudal society. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.

As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, at the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation, Corta Helio, surrounded by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies... and each other.

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (September 22, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765375516
ISBN-13: 978-0765375513
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

The Moon Is A Very Harsh Mistress

By Phil Brass on September 25, 2015

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So there is a new book out by one of my favorite authors, Ian McDonald. I have heard that this book is the first of two, and this makes sense given that the book ends with a lot of story lines frenetically active. This is a complex book in a lot of ways. It has a "cast of characters" at the beginning, and a glossary at the end, and it needs them both. There are multiple principal characters from multiple dynastic families, and the book is full of loan words from a variety of non-English languages, though context and repetition ensure that it all makes sense. It is not conceptually dense so much as full of characters and exotic words.

The book starts well, then does a lot of character development, then rises to a ridiculously exciting crescendo, with even more left unresolved. It doesn't explore AI and cosmology as much as his previous work, but introduces interesting concepts in dynastic engineering, and has loads of good Lunar sci-fi.

The story itself is epic in scope and extremely exciting. It is sexy and action-packed and rich in characters. I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to find out what happens in the next one.

Thanks Ian!

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Luna

By Clare O'Beara on October 12, 2015

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Luna strikes me as being Tai Pan / Noble House by Clavell set on the Moon. We have families with status and wealth doing all they can to get more status and wealth at the expense of others.

When I took this book from Net Galley I wasn't aware that the author had written an earlier book called Brazyl which is set in a future South America. He continues the theme with Portuguese-descended Brazilians among those mining the Moon. Brazil and indeed Argentina and Chile are heavily committed to mining their countries but largely export the materials and don't invest heavily in high-tech electronics, so it's difficult to see how they manage to achieve the transition shown. Especially when a character describes her life in abject poverty in the future Sao Paulo. But I'm all for diversity and going to places as yet unexplored.

The book was a well-realised tour inside a honeycombed Moon with richer people living deeper in the regolith and poorer people getting silicosis from the dust. The surface descriptions and scenes were some of the best in the book.

I didn't however get really involved with the action or characters. Marina Calzaghe is one of the first people we meet, struggling, and we sympathise readily with the underdog and cheer as she seems to be getting a chance of a better job. But we spend very little time with her, dropping back occasionally to see what she's up to now, and most of the other people are not in the least sympathetic, with seemingly no law enforcement (which I thought was unlikely). Another pleasant character we meet, has just settled in with us and gained our following, when they are killed and we wonder why we wasted our time.Read more ›

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Rich and convincing world-building

By Peter Lorraine on October 2, 2015

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The moon is a horrible place to try to live unless you are a member of one of the ruling "Dragon" families - and not much better then.

This is the first book I've read from Ian McDonald and I am very pleased to have discovered him. Life on the moon is very tough with people living in a state of near constant struggle. You are constantly reminded that if you run out of money, implanted technology will prevent you from inhaling and consuming more oxygen. At the same time there is beauty and a true sense of place and a new culture. McDonald introduces rich and complex characters - not all sympathetic. There is a lot of unconventional sexuality in the book and violence which is important to the story and reinforces that this is an alien world - be advised if you care about these things. The moon is run nominally as a business with the five main economic families known as the Dragons - their interactions with each other seem largely unconstrained by law with frequent fatal clashes resolved with contract law. The story follows primarily the newest Dragon - the Corta family that has carved out a significant niche extracting and selling Helium-3 to the Earth. Their ruling members live a life of near total hedonism while waging political / economic / marital / sexual struggles against the other Dragons.

This book clearly sets up a sequel and ends as the action reaches a climax without resolution. But McDonald has introduced and developed characters you care about in an environment that is fascinating and ready for transformative change. The book is well paced and is worth investing some time in but prepare for a wait for the sequel.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Luna ends a long night

By Ian K. VINE VOICE on October 6, 2015

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I have been reading Ian McDonald for a couple of decades now. He is an innovative thinker and a great stylist. In short, one of the best science fiction writers in my library. He is one of those writers who is so good that I reread his books several times (I want to go back and read Terminal Cafe again).

Luna is the first novel that Ian McDonald has written after his Everness young adult trilogy (Planesrunner, Be My Enemy and Empress of the Sun). Planesrunner was a good, but not great book. The series ran down from there. Empress of the Sun was a largely forgettable work. These books did not come close to showcasing McDonald's prodigious talents. Luna does.

Luna is McDonald at has best and one of the best books in his long career of writing. The world that McDonald has created is rich and complex. The characters are deeply drawn, with complex motivations and personalities.

As with most of McDonald's books, he takes ideas and expands on them. One of these is the extreme libertarian society of the moon, where all things are governed by contract and there is not law outside of contract. This is a world that repels some of the characters in the novel and gives others a chance to create a dynasty.

The weekend before I wrote this review I saw the movie The Martian based on Andy Wier's book (which I read when it first came out).

Ian McDonald's book Luna made me realize that the fascination with Mars is a romantic one. If humans are to settle space, the Moon is a much better place to start. Sending humans, as opposed to robots, to Mars is madness.

Because the Moon is closer to the Sun, there is more solar energy available. The Moon is also partially in the shadow of the Earth, so there is more protection from radiation.Read more ›

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Lots of typos. Again.

Ian McDonald is one of my favorite authors and this book is certainly up to his usual superlatve standard. Read more

Published 3 days ago by Christopher O'Neil

The excellent start to an engrossing space opera

An excellent beginning to what could be a long-running, multigenerational saga featuring relatable characters, sex, violence, suspense and just enough science to make it... Read more

Published 12 days ago by J. Austin

Worth a read

Takes a long time to get going but it hits it's stride 2/3 of the way through. Sets it self up for a good sequel. Game of thrones/God Father in space.

Published 15 days ago by Matt

Lannisters vs House Atreides on the Moon - McDonald packs a punch

In recent years, with Brasyl and Dervish House, McDonald's been doing near-future SF in exotic locals. Read more

Published 24 days ago by WiltDurkey

It's hard for me to like present tense

Was fascinated. I recommend this book. For me, I had to work a little bit to get past the tense it's written in, but giving of yourself to the book isn't a bad thing. Read more

Published 28 days ago by Deborah Jean Cohen

Familiar Excellence from Ian McDonald

This new novel by Ian McDonald is the first in what looks to be a series but is strong and fine as a stand alone novel. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Jeffrey Jarvis

Rediculous.

Unreadable.

Published 1 month ago by S.R.III

Disappointment.

I was really looking forward to this book. I was disappointed.

It was very hard to keep track of who you were reading about on the Kindle. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Terry

Inteligent science fiction!

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