{"product_id":"moon-pilot","title":"Moon Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor:  Robert buckner\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Perma M-4241\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1962 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Very Good. Light wear. \u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/Movie\/Science Fiction\/Satire\u003cbr\u003ePages: 139\u003cbr\u003e60126108E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgLEAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj7q4K4nKCVAxWBGTQIHdIXBmkQ0fEReggIAggACAsQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjW7LnynaCVAxXBHjQIHb-8E1sQ0fEReggIAggACAgQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwijkbGbn6CVAxXOFjQIHT2mH_IQ0fEReggIAggACAgQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eMoon Pilot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, originally published as a serialized magazine story and a 1960 novel titled Starfire by Robert Buckner, is a lighthearted space-race story. The narrative follows Air Force Captain Richmond Talbot, a space scientist who inadvertently \"volunteers\" for the first manned mission around the moon. Before he launches, he crosses paths with Lyrae, a mysterious young woman who seems to know everything about his secret mission. While the U.S. military and federal security agents immediately suspect her of being a foreign communist spy during the height of the Cold War, Lyrae reveals she is actually a beautiful alien from the planet Beta Lyrae. She has snuck onto Earth to provide crucial, unearthly information that will protect Talbot's brain from the dangerous proton rays he would encounter in space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj7q4K4nKCVAxWBGTQIHdIXBmkQ0fEReggIAggACAsQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjW7LnynaCVAxXBHjQIHb-8E1sQ0fEReggIAggACAgQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-xid=\"m3fCN\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"QH2O0e_d,QH2O0e_b,QH2O0e_e,QH2O0e_c,QH2O0e_f\" data-sfc-cb=\"aLfeH=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:aLfeH;ItcyCc=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:ItcyCc;bCcIof=\u0026amp;QH2O0e_0:bCcIof\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHdQH2O0e_0\/opG4zf|QH2O0e_a\/JnZUmf;QH2O0e_a\/BIayDf;QH2O0e_a\/EzCsIe|[{\u0026quot;s\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;i\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;QH2O0e_0\/opG4zf\u0026quot;}]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/EZFthd--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52249820365031,"sku":"60126108E","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img124_3ac8cd4a-1d6f-424a-8e8a-ee7d3bb28603.jpg?v=1782316804","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/moon-pilot","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}