The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction

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When Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, itt was a giant leap for mankind and an inspiration to science fiction writers everywhere!

The lone survivor of a lunar crash, waiting for rescue in a solar powered suit, must keep walking for thirty days to remain in the sunlight keeping her alive . . . life as an ice miner turns ugly as the workers resentment turns from sabotage to murder . . . an astronaut investigating a strange crash landing encounters an increasing number of doppelgangers of herself . . . a nuclear bomb with a human personality announces to a moon colony that it will soon explode . . . hundreds of years in the future, art forgers working on the lunar surface travel back in time to swap out priceless art, rescuing it from what will become a destroyed Earth . . .

On July 20, 1969, mankind made what had only years earlier seemed like an impossible leap forward: Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first person to step foot on the lunar surface. While there have only been a handful of new missions since, the fascination with our planets satellite continues, and generations of writers and artists have imagined the endless possibilities of lunar life.

The Eagle Has Landed collects the best stories written in the fifty years since mankind first stepped foot on the lunar surface, serving as a shining reminder that the moon is a visible and constant example of all the infinite possibility of the wider universe.

• Bagatelle by John Varley
• The Eve of the Last Apollo by Carter Scholz
• The Lunatics by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Griffins Egg by Michael Swanwick
• A Walk in the Sun by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Waging Good by Robert Reed
• How We Lost the Moon by Paul McAuley
• People Came From Earth by Stephen Baxter
• Ashes and Tombstones by Brian Stableford
• Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earls by Adam Troy Castro
• Stories for Men by John Kessel
• The Clear Blue Seas of Luna by Gregory Benford
• You Will Go to the Moon by William Preston
• SeniorSource by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Economy of Vacuum by Sarah Thomas
• The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt
• Fly Me to the Moon by Marianne J. Dyson
• Tyche and the Ants by Hannu Rajaniemi
• The Moon Belongs to Everyone by Michael Alexander and K.C. Ball
• The Fifth Dragon by Ian McDonald
• Let Baser Things Devise by Berrien C. Henderson
• The Moon is Not a Battlefield by Indrapramit Das
• Every Hour of Light and Dark by Nancy Kress
• In Event of Moon Disaster by Rich Larson

Reviews

Praise for The Eagle Has Landed

This solid and well-rounded anthology is highly recommended.Booklist, starred review

An eclectic selection of the past 50 years in lunar science fiction, written by a whos who of speculative fiction writers . . .will appeal to fans of futuristic science fiction and historic space race aficionados. Publishers Weekly

Praise for Neil Clarkes Anthologies with Night Shade Books

Readers should savor the storiesa few at a time to get the most out of Clarkessuperior selections. . . but there areno inferior pieces here. This isa fine, thoughtful book.
Publishers Weekly,starred review for Not One of Us

Well-known SF authors grace this . . . top-notch selection of imaginative and thought-provoking stories.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review for More Human Than Human

Clarkesstellar reprint anthologyexplores the expansive variety of space exploration stories. . . .Outstanding worksin which extreme environments bring out the best and worst of human nature.
Publishers Weekly,Starred Review for The Final Frontier

Twenty one fascinating tales from some of science fictions new stars.The reprint collection is multicultural and diverse, with tales of all kinds and from some unusual places. . . .Many standouts in this one and likely something here for all sorts of different kinds of folks.
Manhattan Book Review,4.5/5 Stars for The Final Frontier

This hefty anthology of imperial SF covers great space battles, small dramas within an empire, hopeless bureaucracy, and even living space stations, zooming in and out to capture every nuance . . . The diverse array of stories ensures that theres plenty of interest for any fan of large-scale SF.
Publishers Weekly on Galactic Empires

Masterful editor Neil Clarke has assembled an exotic, bountiful treasure chest of reprint tales dedicated to that mode of SF that can arguably be said to constitute the very core of the field, the space opera.
Asimovs on Galactic Empires

Clarke has assembled a wide range of authors from old masters like Robert Silverberg to more recent talents such as Aliette De Bodard each offering a different take on the central premise. . . There isnt a bad piece amongst them . . . the Galaxy really is there for the taking.
Starburst on Galactic Empires, reviewed by Alister Davison

As editor Clarke points out in his introduction, when most people hear the term galactic empire, they immediately picture Darth Vader and Star Wars. But there is a long history of star-faring empires in the genre, with stories that imagine our human tendencies to explore and conquer among the stars. . . . The stories gathered here, all of which have appeared elsewhere, show the huge range of possibilities of the chosen theme.
Library Journal on Galactic Empires

The first must-read anthology of the year, no question, is Neil ClarkesGalactic Empires, an ambitious (read: huge) collection of SF tales featuring far-flung confederations in the stars. The TOC is a whos-who of virtually everyone doing important work at short length in science fiction.
John ONeil,Black Gate on Galactic Empires

Brings together some of the best voices writing in the genre today. . . . a stunning collection of short fiction.
WorldsInInk on Galactic Empires

Author Bio

Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld and Forever Magazine and owner of Wyrm Publishing, and a six-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form). He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.