Rudi reviewed Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke
Review of 'Earthlight' on 'Goodreads'
A book from the 50s about mankind on the moon. Earth has expanded to bases on the moon and several planets in the solar system, and for the first time since the 1940s the world is at the brink of war.
I loved this book. You follow an accountant sent to the moon to check the books of the observatory there - but it ends up being a spy thriller. The setting is vintage and scifi, and it works really well. Clarke's predictions are way off, but they're never dumb.
I see no reason for why this has not been adapted to film or TV yet. I hope when it's done, they decide to go with visuals fitting to what Clarke must have imagined - meaning a future with radios and few screens.
