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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 This Kingdom of Dust
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'Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s.

'You'll never look at the Moon in quite the same way ever again. - Ceridwen Dovey

'The whole world has just watched Neil and Buzz walk on the Moon. Now they are struck by terror: the lunar module’s engine has failed. There is no back-up, no other way off the surface. If the astronauts can't fix the problem, they'll slowly run out of oxygen and die.

'This Kingdom of Dust explores this harrowing scenario through the intertwined narratives of three distinct voices: Buzz on the Moon, his wife Joan back on Earth, and Aquarius, the journalist compelled to craft a story he doesn’t want to write.

'Marooned, Buzz confronts his fate with a mix of dread and awe. On Earth, Joan wrestles with grief and sacrifice against the backdrop of 1960s America – a nation riven by war and seismic social change.

'Caught between professional duty and personal turmoil, Aquarius soon discovers that he will need all his skill to capture this unfolding drama, and all his courage to follow it through to its breathtaking conclusion.

'With page-turning suspense and emotional heft, this reimagining of an epic moment in history combines public spectacle with private despair, reframing what the Moon landing has meant not only for the astronauts and those who loved them, but for all humankind.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2024 .
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      Extent: 352p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 29 October 2024
      ISBN: 9781761343490
Form: audiobook

Works about this Work

Walking on the Moon Is a Buzz Mark Dapin , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2024; (p. 13)

— Review of This Kingdom of Dust David Dyer , 2024 single work novel
Walking on the Moon Is a Buzz Mark Dapin , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2024; (p. 13)

— Review of This Kingdom of Dust David Dyer , 2024 single work novel
Last amended 18 Oct 2024 08:23:23
Subjects:
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • 1960s
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