What If the Moon Didn't Exist

What If the Moon Didn't Exist

Author	Neil F Comins
Language	English
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	1993
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-06-016864-1

What if the Moon Didn't Exist is a collection of speculative articles about different versions of Earth, published in book form in 1993. They were originally published in Astronomy magazine.

Contents

The individual scenarios are: ^[1]

• Solon – Earth without a Moon
• Lunholm – Moon closer to Earth
• Petiel – Earth with less mass
• Urania – Earth's axis tilted like that of Uranus
• Granstar – More massive Sun
• Antar – Effects if a supernova exploded near Earth
• Cerberon – Star passing through the Solar System
• Diablo – Black hole passing through the Earth
• Seeing the world via infrared
• Effects of ozone layer depletion

Reception

Reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus said that the first several stories were interesting, but noted that the conceit grew repetitive. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Comins, Neil F. (1993). What if the moon didn't exist? : voyages to earths that might have been (1st ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN   0-06-016864-1. OCLC   28150724.
2. "Nonfiction Book Review: What If the Moon Didn't Exist: Voyages to Earths That Might Have Been by Neil F. Comins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $20 (315p) ISBN 978-0-06-016864-3". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
3. WHAT IF THE MOON DIDN'T EXIST? | Kirkus Reviews.

External links

• What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Neil F. Comins, published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Reviews