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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a 1964 space opera with a Cold War flavor. It takes place on the Moon and Mars. It is typical of the Golden Age of SF. A few months after reading it I came across it again and realized how much I liked this book. This one keep my interest as a fast, fun thriller. Farmer is a great author. My 5 star favorite is "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". It is the award willing first novel of the Riverworld series. no reviews | add a review
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The surviving colonies on the moon and Mars—both led by militant dictators—continue waging war on one another for dominance over what remains of the human race.
Assuming leadership of the moon colonies by killing or imprisoning his enemies, Colonel Scone of Soviet North America sends his most loyal ally—and romantic rival—Doctor Broward to the ruined Earth to retrieve a planet-busting bomb from a secret location beneath the ocean.
From there, the doctor is ordered to Mars to release the bomb and destroy the Argentinian colonies ruled by the brutal General Howards, but during his journey, Broward forms a different plan...
All told, Tongues of the Moon was little more than a space adventure story with two-dimensional characters and a simple, uncomplicated plot. Nevertheless, it was a fun, fast read. ( )