(Drivebycuriosity) - In a not too far future the moon will be settled. There are many science fiction novels that speculate about this. "The Moon And The Other" by John Kessel is one of them, unfortunately is does not belong to the best ( amazon).
On
Kessel´s moon the population is spread over a set of communities,
buried deep under the surface. Keller describes elaborately
infrastructure & technologies, which are adapted to the moon`s low
gravity, hard vacuum and other characteristics. These parts remind
me of Heinlein & Clarke. But the ambitious plot seems to be
inspired by Ursula Le Guin`s anthropology and her descriptions of exotic
families & tribes. There are a lot conflicts & domestic violence. There is an augmented
dog, who has a PhD in Philosophy, and there are monkeys who work as security. Nothing makes sense. The book is forgettable.
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