Return to Luna. New Science Fiction stories that show the adventure of Lunar Settlement. Feel the romance of life there, the wonder of the lunar frontier, of its magnificent desolation. Near future, realistic stories about human lunar settlement. We present the winning stories of the National Space Society's 2008 Return to Luna fiction contest. Winning stories selected by award-winning authors and editors including Tobias S. Buckell, Michael A. Burstein, Rob Darnell, Tom Dupree, Jude-Marie Green, Jay Lake, Geoffrey A. Landis, Christopher McKitterick, Eric T. Reynolds, Lawrence M. Schoen, Allen Steele, Ian Randal Strock. Fantastic stories by Benjamin Abbott, Andrew Barton, Brandon Bell, Brenta Blevins, Gustavo Bondoni, M. C. Chambers, Ken Edgett, Sarah A. Eastly, J. M. Fisher, Adam Israel, Gerri Leen, F.R.R. Mallory, Matthew Pavletich, Shauna Roberts, David Schibi, Karen T. Smith, Mark J. Soppet, Fran Van Cleave. Cover art by Walter Myers. Foreword by Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt. Introduction by George T. Whitesides, Executive Director, National Space Society. Edited by Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books.

BOOKLIST: "Such variety assures continual interest...the authors...certainly know their craft." Long after our species and all its works have turned to dust, the Moon-landing sites will still show evidence of our time here on Earth. Imagine future explorers from among the stars interpreting that. The astronauts' footprints should last longer than the fossils in the Olduvai Gorge. Here are twenty-one views of that. Stories by Brenda Cooper, James Van Pelt, Lawrence M. Schoen, Heather McDougal, and more. Edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds. Presented by Hadley Rille Books.