When the moon fell

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When the moon fell

by Morrison Colladay

EN·~51 minutes

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Description

In a world reshaped after a catastrophic upheaval, survivors have banded together to record the first‑hand testimonies of the disaster that reshaped the planet. Astronomers first noticed strange irregularities in the moon’s motion, prompting wild theories of an unseen interloper speeding through the solar system. Its fleeting passage altered the lunar orbit, setting the moon on a terrifying, inevitable course toward Earth.

The narrator, a former wartime flyer, finds himself stranded in remote Labrador just as the anomaly is detected. After rescuing three lost aviators on a remote island, he establishes a makeshift outpost at Point Amour, using the local wireless station to monitor the unfolding crisis. One night a frantic radio operator bursts in with a bulletin from the Smithsonian, warning that the world may end within days. The narrator’s calm, observant voice draws listeners into the tense moments before the impending calamity, offering a vivid snapshot of humanity’s reaction to an unprecedented celestial threat.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~51 minutes (49K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York, NY: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1929.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2024-02-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

MC

Morrison Colladay

b. 1877

An early American science-fiction writer with a flair for big ideas, he published under the name Morrison Colladay and imagined disasters on a planetary scale. His work now survives mainly through pulps, anthologies, and modern public-domain rediscoveries.

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