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"Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Moonbase (or Moon Base) | ||
| A base of operations on Earth's moon. |
This is a very early reference - perhaps the first use - of the phrase "moonbase."
| Typical corporal-made-good, Slavinsky had been Moscow's favorite peasant. About as cultured as a bull, he was quite proud of his refinement. And he had been sent with troops, supplies and bombs to command Russia's most trusted post, the Moonbase. |
| Technovelgy from 240,000 Miles Straight Up,
by L. Ron Hubbard. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1948 Additional resources -
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Robert Heinlein ties with Hubbard on this one; RAH uses this phrase in Space Cadet, published that same year:
A cabal of high-ranking officers, acting from Moon Base, tried to seize power over the entire world. The plot would have been successful had not Lieutenant Dahlquist disabled every atom-bomb rocket at Moon Base by removing the fissionable material from each and wrecking the triggering mechanisms.
Hubbard does not get pride of place for earliest description of a lunar habitation. As far as I know, the moon dome from Ray Cummings 1931 novel Brigands of the Moon was the first scientifically accurate description in science fiction. See also moon-dome from Last Blast (1952) by Eric Frank Russell.
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