Lune, An I

Pierre de Latil, Paul Kolodkine (trans.)
Year1959
PublisherGedalge
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages188
SeriesGrand Pavois
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral, Student
LevelBeginner
Keywords
space travelastronauticsspace raceMoonspace biologyspace utopia
ThemesSpace Race, Human Spaceflight, Lunar Exploration

French adaptation by Pierre de Latil of a Soviet near-future science fiction anthology (original Polyot na Lunu, Trudrezervizdat, Moscow 1955), featuring texts by K. Guilzine, G. Gurevich, and some ten Soviet authors. The book imagines a first Soviet lunar voyage for 1974, presented as articles, reports, and telegrams from fictional crew members (navigator, biologist, geographer). Translated by Paul Kolodkine and supplemented by a nineteen-note postface by Pierre de Latil contextualizing the work within the astronautics landscape of 1959. Art direction by Jacques Ostier, Collection Grand Pavois.

📖 Editorial Review

Published at the height of the Sputnik era, Lune, An I is a singular bibliographic curiosity: the French adaptation of a Soviet collective novel that, as early as 1955, projected an imaginary crew toward the Moon: for 1974. …