Project Gutenberg 2020-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 125 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Burns The Winning of the Moon Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1962 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Winning of the Moon" by Kris Neville is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the tense interactions and unforeseen complications that arise during a scientific experiment on the moon, specifically an underground nuclear blast conducted by Soviet scientists aimed at analyzing the lunar mass. The narrative captures the humor and frustrations of the American team stationed on the moon as they deal with the consequences of the blast and the challenges of working in an isolated extraterrestrial environment. The plot follows Major Charles Winship and his team as they prepare for the detonation of the Soviet bomb, believing it may release accumulated stresses on the lunar surface. When the explosion causes an unexpected moonquake that jeopardizes their base, the team faces a series of mechanical failures and communication issues with their Russian counterparts. As tensions rise and they scramble to repair damages with mismatched equipment and inadequate resources, the American crew grapples with the absurdity of their predicament, ultimately finding themselves in a precarious situation. Despite the initial animosity, the story highlights themes of cooperation and the shared human experience amidst the chaos of interstellar exploration, culminating in a bittersweet reflection on their situation over vodka with their Russian counterparts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Survival -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction Cold War -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 64598 2025-07-24T09:46:37.168613 text/html 41150 2024-10-17T15:59:16 text/html 250511 2025-07-24T09:46:39.351564 application/epub+zip 249340 2025-07-24T09:46:37.640587 application/epub+zip 88367 2025-07-24T09:46:37.398603 application/epub+zip 292200 2025-07-24T09:46:40.708650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284898 2025-07-24T09:46:39.132563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124135 2022-09-27T16:45:16.031168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56570 2025-07-24T09:46:36.944582 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36804 2024-10-17T15:59:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17613 2025-07-24T09:46:40.852562 application/rdf+xml 23381 2025-07-24T09:46:37.481608 image/jpeg 3999 2025-07-24T09:46:37.440606 image/jpeg 421142 2025-07-24T09:46:37.181606 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia