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This book is a collection of three classic hard science fiction novellas set on the moon. "Griffin's Egg" by five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick, is the tale of a lunar settlement's struggle to survive as a thermonuclear war ravages Earth. "Stories for Men" by two-time winner of the Nebula Award, John Kessel, was a recipient of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. It's the story of a man who struggles with his place in a matriarchal society that dominates the lunar colony where he lives. "The Menace from Farside" by Hugo Award winner Ian McDonald, pays homage to the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. It's part of the author's popular Luna series. In this novella, a teenager justifies to a psychological-counsellor AI, her excursion to the site of the first Moon landing at the Sea of Tranquility.
Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels, including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa, Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA award in 2005, BRASYL won in it in 2007 and THE DERVISH HOUSE in 2010.
Michael Swanwick has received the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and Hugo Awards. He has written nine novels, 150 short stories, and countless flash fictions.
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