It is the far future, and the moon has been colonised. Although primarily a research establishment, wealthy space tourists bring in revenue to fund the facilities. One major tourist attraction is a sightseeing cruise across the lunar plains: flat and smooth, they are composed entirely of dust. The 'cruise ships' skim over the surface of the dust, which is so fine that it gives the sensation of travelling on water. But on one cruise, a problem develops. A moonquake causes an underground cavern to collapse, and as the cruiser Selene passes over the Sea of Thirst, it sinks ten metres into the dust. As the terrified passengers panic, it is up to Captain Pat Harris and Stewardess Sue Wilkins to keep them occupied until help arrives, while back at base Dr Lawson and Chief Engineer Jim Lawrence struggle to locate and save the ship. No rescue attempt under such extraordinary conditions has ever been mounted - but the lives of dozens of people are dependent upon it. Can the passengers be rescued before the air runs out? Barry Foster, James Aubrey and Harry Towb are amongst the cast in this gripping full-cast radio drama, based on Arthur C. Clarke's classic 1961 disaster thriller. This CD release also includes an introductory sleeve note recounting the making of the radio adaptation, written by Andrew Pixley. '...this adaptation cranks up the tension effectively' - "Bournemouth Daily Echo".
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... this adaptation cranks up the tension effectively --Bournemouth Daily Echo, February 29, 2008
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I am particularly pleased to see this available, as I restored it to the BBC archives from a reel-to-reel tape I had recorded of 'Saturday Night Theatre' on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975. It had lain forgotten until the BBC 'Treasure Hunt' was advertised. I then checked all my BBC radio recordings, and this was the only one not in the BBC Sound Archives. I received two CDs of it & a thank-you letter from the Head of BBC Sound Archives, Simon Rook. Martyn Miles Winey Oxon .
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Quite clearly the disaster story that Irwin Allen didn’t have the money to make, Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust is a fairly economical tail of a group of lunar pleasure cruisers trapped under tons of suffocating dust after a freak Moonquake tears a gaping hole in the landscape.
Of course, all the usual ‘disaster flick’ elements are here in force: the victims vacillate between heroic stoicism, paranoia and absolute hysteria; whilst above the surface a plethora of super-brained scientists and square-jawed heroes combine forces to first locate, and then rescue the hapless day-trippers (who presumably have too much money to spend).
As is the case with most Arthur C. Clarke novels, A Fall of Moondust’s characterisation finishes a distant second to the evocation of ‘grandiose spectacle’. And it is in author’s remarkable descriptions of an arid, airless landscape that we find the true star of the book: the moon itself.
Quite frankly, I lost interest in the fate of the victims early on, instead I found myself pleading for more and more Moon imagery.
Almost certainly not one of Clarke’s best, but interesting nevertheless; its un-taxing approach makes it an ideal distraction for one of those depressingly long train journeys.
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Im a big fan of Arthur C Clarke and I am measuring this book against his other works, rather than as an isolated work of fiction. And its a disappointment.
The story line is simple - a tourist vehicle on the moon sinks into the lunar dust and there is a race against time to rescue the 22 people on board.
And, er, thats about it.
Pretty formulaic stuff. A few plot twists, but nothing major, minimal characterisation, and no 'wow' factor.
I am being a little harsh - when this book was written in 1960, im sure it appeared far more impressive. But the moon has been demystified, and Clarke's more futuristic works (the Odyssey sequence, Songs of Distant Earth, Rendevous with Rama, to name a few) pack a lot more punch.
Only really worth reading if you have a great desire to read all of Clarke's works.
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