What If the Moon Didn't Exist
What if the Moon Didn't Exist is a collection of speculative articles about different versions of Earth, published in book form in 1993. They were originally published in Astronomy magazine.
Contents[]
The individual scenarios are:[1]
- Solon – Earth without a Moon
- Lunholm – Moon closer to Earth
- Petiel – Earth with less mass
- Urania – Earth's axis tilted like that of Uranus
- Granstar – More massive Sun
- Antar – Effects if a supernova exploded near Earth
- Cerberon – Star passing through the Solar System
- Diablo – Black hole passing through the Earth
- Seeing the world via infrared
- Effects of ozone layer depletion
Reception[]
Reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus said that the first several stories were interesting, but noted that the conceit grew repetitive.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Comins, Neil F. (1993). What if the moon didn't exist? : voyages to earths that might have been (1st ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-016864-1. OCLC 28150724.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: What If the Moon Didn't Exist: Voyages to Earths That Might Have Been by Neil F. Comins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $20 (315p) ISBN 978-0-06-016864-3". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ WHAT IF THE MOON DIDN'T EXIST? | Kirkus Reviews.
External links[]
- What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Neil F. Comins, published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Reviews
Categories:
- 1993 non-fiction books
- Astronomy books
- Astronomy book stubs