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Ice
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Item Description...
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An Apollo missions historian explores the fantastic possibilities of what might have happened had a more ambitious version of the 1975 Apollo program gone forward as originally planned. Original.
Publishers Description
In the late 1960s, NASA proposed hardware and mission parameters for an extended Apollo program that never materialized. Decades later, the existence of ice beds at the lunar south pole was discovered by NASA's space probe Clementine and confirmed by the lunar satellite Lunar Prospector. Now, author and Apollo missions historian Shane Johnson explores the fantastic possibilities of what might have transpired, had the more ambitious version of the Apollo program gone forward as originally planned.
It is February, 1975. Apollo 19, the last of the manned lunar missions, has successfully landed. Exhilarated and confident, Commander Gary Lucas and Lunar Module pilot Charlie Shepherd set out to explore a vast, mysterious depression at the lunar south pole.
There, in the icy darkness–where temperatures reach 334 degrees below zero–the astronauts search for the fragments of crystalline bedrock the scientists back home had hoped for. But when tragedy strikes, the men are driven deeper into the lethal realm, where they find much more than they bargained for, including a strange machine that seemingly transports Lucas back to a pre-flood Earth, and startling evidence that could transform mankind's perspective on all creation and its Creator– if only the men could miraculously make their way back home to earth to reveal it.
Shane Johnson, a writer, graphic artist, and spaceflight historian, has written several books and magazine articles concerning popular television series and motion pictures. He also authored the adventure novel The Last Guardian (chosen by Booklist Magazine as one of the Top Ten Christian Novels for 2001) and served as a design consultant for the HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.” He and his wife, Kathy, live in north central Texas with their son, Daniel. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 416
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 5.5" Height: 8.25"
Weight: 0.75 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jul 16, 2002
Publisher WaterBrook Press
ISBN 1578565480
EAN 9781578565481
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About this Author/Artist <b>Shane Johnson</b>, a writer, graphic artist, and spaceflight historian, has written several books and magazine articles concerning popular television series and motion pictures. He also authored the adventure novel <i>The Last Guardian</i> (chosen by Booklist Magazine as one of the Top Ten Christian Novels for 2001) and served as a design consultant for the HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.” He and his wife, Kathy, live in north central Texas with their son, Daniel.
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 | Exceeded my expectations Jul 24, 2009 |
| I enjoyed this book very much and recommend it. It has an excellent (and unique!) premise and is well-executed. | | | | Christian sci-fi... Jun 6, 2009 |
I got this book from the library, and when I read Charles Duke's foreword I almost returned it the next day--as one of my co-workers said, "Isn't Christian science fiction an oxymoron?
The compelling thing about this book was seeing how Mr Johnson would tie in REAL SCIENCE with sci-fi AND Christianity...and although his denouement isn't something I would've written...it did make sense!
With an alternate ending, this book would make an excellent TV series...problem is, you'd need someone like Mel Gibson believing in it in order for it to ever make it to the small screen. | | |  | Good novel about Apollo Program Jan 25, 2009 |
| Very good novel about flight of Apollo 19, and Apollo Applications Program hardware, to the south pole of the moon in search of ice (which was actually discovered by an unmanned lunar satelite in 1994). Hardcover published in 2002. Christian Theology is present in both discussions between characters, which is understandable given the situation in which they are placed, and in the plot. This is not really offensive if you are open minded, which I would hope any reader of science fiction would be... | | | | Could not put it down! Feb 15, 2007 |
| This is one of the best books I have ever read. Have all of Shane Johnson's books now. Superb! | | |  | Christian hard-core SF - not! Sep 7, 2006 |
| "Ice" begins with all the trappings of a first-rate contemporary "hard core" science fiction novel. The technical details, skilfully woven through a nail-biting plot make it a page turner, apparently of the stature of a Michael Crichton book. Alas, it meanders off into lengthy passages of religious introspection, and plot-breaks based on snap-of-the-fingers magic. The basic story idea is an intriging one, and for that the author is to be congratulated. Unfortunately, his personal religious passion overrides his duty to entertain his reader rather than preach at him/her. Sadly the last pages collapse the story entirely - the reader ploughs through the Afterword just to see if there is anything else there, but there is not. If the reader shares the author's uncompromising approach to Christian faith it might work, but the classic Apollo novel has yet to be written. | | | Write your own review about Ice
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