Description
A high-stakes race to the Moon turns into a psychological and ethical crisis when an experimental matter-transfer project promises to beat the Russians—by sending not a traveler, but a copy. For a brief window, the original man is kept in sensory deprivation so he can “feel” what the lunar duplicate experiences, including the moment it dies, in vivid, intimate detail. As the mission’s human cost mounts, the story shifts from geopolitics to the unsettling question of what identity, consciousness, and survival truly mean when technology can separate the self from the body. With Budrys’s crisp, idea-driven style and a taste for moral ambiguity, this compact novel blends Cold War tension with a haunting exploration of perception, responsibility, and the price of reaching for the unknown.
Available Editions
paperback
Hodder
Published Jan 1, 1968
159 pages
ISBN: 9780340044551
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Details
First Published
1960
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys.