A review by vsbedford
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys

3.0

The byline for this classic could have been - "The daredevil in love with Death! The scientist with a heart of ice! Can they conquer the Moon and the women they've left behind?" Honestly, this book left me in a weird position. I can see the influence this novel could have on, say, The Southern Reach Trilogy, but the 1950s of it all was very, very distracting. Prepare yourself for a lot of declamatory speeches about what it means to be a man and some seriously messed up gender roles (one of the characters actually says, "I'm a warrior's woman."). A modern writer may leave some of the themes of the novel a bit more ambiguous as well, because damn if Mr. Budrys loved to tell and not show. Anyway, worth the weekend read.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.