Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds

The Great Marvel #5

by Roy Rockwood

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176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1911

About the author

Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lost on the Moon was the fifth book in The Great Marvel series published by Cupples & Leon, and was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Howard R. Garis, famous for creating Uncle Wiggly, under the Roy Rockwood house name. Having visited both Terran poles and the center of the Earth, our intrepid heroes jaunted to Mars in the previous book and set their sites on Luna for this volume. Though it is one of the earliest examples (the book was published in 1911) of interplanetary exploration via spaceship intended for younger readers, some of the science is really bad... even for the time. Rather than wearing spacesuits, the team dresses warmly and carry around little wands that emit oxygen they hold near their faces to breathe. The racial stereotyping is wince inducing, but it's an interesting historical example of YA science fiction.

[Richard Crooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Juvenile science fiction published in 1911. Quaint, fun to read the "scientific" explanations. 100 year old stereotyping will make you cringe, but otherwise a fast read.