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New Moon (Luna, #1)

Ian McDonald

Start date: February 21, 2016

Finish date: March 20, 2016

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Jan 25, 2016 Andrea rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, read-sorted, fiction-scifi, topic-final-frontier

Somebody, throw this book at an HBO executive. It must be made into a critically acclaimed tv series with all the gratuitous sex and violence that comes with the network.

The story takes place on the moon in the near future, where five family-owned corporations control all resources and infrastructure, and scheme for total dominance. The majority of the plot revolves around the Corta and MacKenzie families whose dispute over Helium-3 production takes the conflict out of the boardroom and into th ...more

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May 06, 2018 Bee rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, audiobook, recommended-to-me, merchant-sci-fi

"Dallas on the Moon" But in a good way!

I was not expecting that. I had only read one McDonald before and been underwhelmed.

New Moon is a rich and complex milieu of contracts and betrayals. There is a very unique interplay between the Brazilians, the Australians and the Ghanaians, with some Chinese & Russians thrown in for good measure.

I was constantly surprised by how real and natural the utterly man made moon civilization felt. Every scene was well fleshed out in a few simple sentences.

This ...more

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Oct 05, 2015 tobes rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian-favorites, first-page-sold-me, beautiful-cover, planetary-love-stories, tragic-romance

O my god this book was amazing. It's an epic of ASOIAF proportions set on the moon, pitting family corporation against family corporation and filled with truly awesome characters and twists. I never thought I'd be so interested in matrimonial and contract law, that's for sure. When/if they option this for TV you guys are going to love it. ...more

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