The tragedy of the moon [Hardcover]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

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• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038507221X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385072212
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,889,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another Great SF&F Collection, January 17, 2004

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Zac Hanscom (Chula Vista, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The tragedy of the moon (Hardcover)

Isaac Asimov had a weekly column with Science Fiction & Fantasy magazine for decade after decade. Tragedy of the Moon is one of the better of these collections and a favorite of mine. Like his other SF&F collections, Moon has 17 essays, each 4000 words. Here are the essays:

A- About the Moon
1. The Tragedy of the Moon
2. The Triumph of the Moon
3. Moon over Babylon
4. The Week Excuse

B- About Other Small Worlds
5. The World Ceres
6. The Clock in the Sky

C- About Carbon
7. The One and Only
8. The Unlikely Twins

D- About Micro=organisms
9. Through the Microglass
10. Down from the Amoeba
11. The Cinderella Compound

E- About the Thyroid Gland
12. Doctor, Doctor, Cut my Throat

F- About Society
13. Lost in Non-Translation
14. The Ancient and the Ultimate
15. By the Numbers

G- And (You Guessed It!) About Me
16. The Cruise and I
17. Academe and I

There are some great essays in this collection, notably the first 4, 13, 14 and 16. Certainly more than half of the essays deserve five stars, but others don't. I reserve the highest rankings for his best works.