The tragedy of the moon cover

The tragedy of the moon

by Isaac Asimov

Collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays from *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction* A — About the Moon The Tragedy of the Moon The Triumph of the Moon Moon Over Babylon The Week Excuse B — About Other Small Worlds The World Ceres The Clock in the Sky C — About Carbon The One and Only The Unlikely Twins D — About Micro-organisms Through The Microglass Down From The Amoeba The Cinderella Compound E — About the Thyroid Gland Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat F — About Society Lost in Non-Translation The Ancient and the Ultimate By The Numbers G — And (You Guessed It!) About Me The Cruise And I (July 1973) Academe And I

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?