High Vacuum
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Charles Eric Maine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Ballantine Books (US) |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 192 pp |
High Vacuum is a science fiction novel by Charles Eric Maine. It was first published in 1957 by Hodder & Stoughton.[1]
Synopsis
The first crewed Moon ship, Alpha, runs out of fuel just before landing in the Mare Imbrium and crashes, killing one of the four-person crew and marooning the rest. The novel follows the castaways as they struggle to survive and return to Earth.
Critical reception
In the June 1958 issue of Science Fiction Stories, Damon Knight wrote,
"Maine's style is stiff and pompous, full of tautologies, but it moves the story along purposefully; his characters are oversimplified but vivid and forceful...The only thing really wrong with the book, in fact, is the science in it. Maine's physics is bad, his chemistry worse...The gross errors in this novel are in the area of common knowledge (as if a Western hero should saddle up a pueblo and ride off down the cojones): any one of them could have been corrected by ten minutes with a dictionary or an encyclopedia."[2]
References
- ^ Reginald, Robert; Menville, Douglas; Burgess, Mary A. (1979). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Vol. 1. Wildside Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-941028-76-9.
- ^ Knight, Damon (June 1958). "READIN' and WRITHIN'". Science Fiction Stories. pp. 113–115. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
External links
- High Vacuum at The Open Library
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