[A Fall of Moondust]
Year:
1961
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Daedalus
Year of publication:
2014
Pages:
156
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Nominated for the Hugo Award, it was the first science fiction novel selected by Reader’s Digest.
It recounts the rescue of the passengers of a lunar cruise ship, the Selene, stranded 15 meters beneath the surface of a sea of meteoric dust. To save them before the oxygen runs out, the entire human colony on the Moon is mobilized.
Author: Manuel Martínez, Spain
Update on: Mar 2026