In the Shadow of the Moon (book) In the Shadow of the Moon (book) In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians Francis French and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts and those who worked closely with them, the book chronicles the American and Soviet programs from 1965 onwards, through the Gemini, Soyuz and early Apollo flights, up to the first landing on the moon by Apollo 11. The book is the second volume in the "Outward Odyssey" spaceflight history series by the University of Nebraska Press. Although the
The First Men in the Moon he acknowledged "The First Men in The Moon" to be "the best of the sort [of science fiction] I have read..." (from a letter to Roger Lancelyn Green). The influence of Wells's book is especially visible in "Out of the Silent Planet", the first book of Lewis's "Space Trilogy". There, too, a central role in the story line is played by a partnership between a worldly businessman interested in the material gains from space travel (and specifically, in importing extraterrestrial gold to Earth) and a scientist with wider cosmic theories. Also in Lewis's book, the two quietly build themselves a