Auf silbernen Gefilden: Ein Mond-Roman

A recovered charred manuscript, said to have come from a long-ago expedition launched toward the Moon in a cannonlike projectile, frames a narrative that recounts the planning and public spectacle surrounding the voyage, the rigorous preparation of its crew, and the surprise that one recruit proved to be a woman in male attire. Observers track the projectile until radio contact fails; the manuscript then becomes the primary witness. Its narrator records the alien lunar environment during an interminable daylight, describing relentless sunlight, a pitch-black sky studded with stars and the pale disk of Earth, and the physical and psychological trials faced by those stranded on the Moon.