The Moon Goddess and the Son

The Moon Goddess and the Son

First edition cover
Author	Donald Kingsbury
Cover artist	David B. Mattingly
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Baen Books
Publication date	December 1, 1986
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	409
ISBN	0-671-55958-3 (hc)
OCLC	11532199
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3561.I487 M66 1986

The Moon Goddess and the Son is a science fiction novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, expanded from a novella originally published in the December 1979 issue of Analog magazine.

The Moon Goddess and the Son was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1980.

Along with the novella, Kingsbury and Roger Arnold published a nonfiction article describing the technologies used in the story for achieving cheap access to Low Earth orbit and beyond.^[1][2]

Publication information

• Kingsbury, Donald (1986). The Moon Goddess and the Son. Baen. ISBN 978-0671559588.

References

1. Roger Arnold and Donald Kingsbury, "The Spaceport, Part I," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Vol. 99, No. 11, November 1979, pp. 48-67.
2. Roger Arnold and Donald Kingsbury, "The Spaceport, Part II," Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Vol. 99, No. 12, December 1979, pp. 60-77.

External links

• The Moon Goddess and the Son title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Moon Goddess and the Son publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database