The Man Who Sold the Moon
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7661280M
- ISBN-139780671656232
- ISBN-100671656236
- OCLC Control Number15314008
- LibraryThing19101
and 1 more
- Goodreads1863349
Description
In 1949, Heinlein wrote this story about an entrepreneur who foresaw that future of manned space flight could not be left to governments. His protagonist, D.D. Harriman, risked his reputation, his fortune and his very life to make his dream a reality. The prescience of Heinlein's tale is embodied in a modern-day entrepreneur, who looks beyond the moon to Mars. The future of humans in space cannot be trusted to governments, whose inefficiencies would make it impossible. Though almost seventy years old, this story is more pertinent today than ever.
First Sentence
Archibald Douglas, Sc. D., Ph.D., B.S., read the telegram with unconcealed annoyance.
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