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A review by bloodravenlib
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
4.0
I read this book back in 2003. By the way, the paperback cover I have is different from the one pictured here in GR, even though it is the same edition from what I gather. Still, a good book. Here is what I wrote back then:
>>The paperback edition is less than 200 pages (184 or so). The story is fairly simple: there is a mysterious artifact on the moon that kills anyone who approaches it. Technology enables on adventurer to go in, get killed, then get revived and go in again, and again, learning a bit more each time. The book is well paced. The hero is very masculine (read here "macho," not too PC for those who fuss over that), but it makes a good read. The ending is both intriguing and packs a good punch when we find out the real price of the transmission technology that enables the exploration. Anyhow who reads science fiction should read this.<<
>>The paperback edition is less than 200 pages (184 or so). The story is fairly simple: there is a mysterious artifact on the moon that kills anyone who approaches it. Technology enables on adventurer to go in, get killed, then get revived and go in again, and again, learning a bit more each time. The book is well paced. The hero is very masculine (read here "macho," not too PC for those who fuss over that), but it makes a good read. The ending is both intriguing and packs a good punch when we find out the real price of the transmission technology that enables the exploration. Anyhow who reads science fiction should read this.<<