History Literature / MoonRainbow

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: What some of the survivors fear. Others simply want to be left alone.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's been thirteen named characters in the doomed expedition alone, each with their own personality and dynamics, and that's only the beginning.

''Moon Rainbow'' is a 1983 hard science fiction novel by the Russian author Sergei Pavlov, consisting of two novellas[[note]]''On the Black Trace'' (1978) and ''Soft Mirrors'' (1983)[[/note]], each telling a story of a different survivor of the disaster from a point of view of an independent investigator, exploring themes of {{transhumanism}} and humanity expansion into space. Rich in {{worldbuilding}} and combining a complex {{mystery}} plot with dry and sparse, but surprisingly evocative storytelling, the novel quickly become a CultClassic, and was followed by a DistantSequel, ''The Miraculous Curl of Ampara'', in 1991/1997[[note]]the first half of the novel, co-authored by Pavlov and Nadezhda Sharova, was published in 1991, while the other half with an epilogue and a glossary was only completed by Pavlov in 1997[[/note]]. A film adaptation was released in 1983, directed by Vladimir Karpichev and Andrei Yermash and featuring a score by Music/EduardArtemyev.

''Moon Rainbow'' is a 1983 HardScienceFiction novel by the Russian author Sergei Pavlov, consisting of two novellas[[note]]''On the Black Trace'' (1978) and ''Soft Mirrors'' (1983)[[/note]], each telling a story of a different survivor of the disaster from a point of view of an independent investigator, exploring themes of {{transhumanism}} and humanity expansion into space. Rich in {{worldbuilding}} and combining a complex {{mystery}} plot with dry and sparse, but surprisingly evocative storytelling, the novel quickly become a CultClassic, and was followed by a DistantSequel, ''The Miraculous Curl of Ampara'', in 1991/1997[[note]]the first half of the novel, co-authored by Pavlov and Nadezhda Sharova, was published in 1991, while the other half with an epilogue and a glossary was only completed by Pavlov in 1997[[/note]]. A film adaptation was released in 1983, directed by Vladimir Karpichev and Andrei Yermash and featuring a score by Music/EduardArtemyev.

* AmateurSleuth: Albertas Grizas, [[TheMedic "Moon Rainbow"'s doc]], who is the first to notice the weirdness around the survivors couple of the cruises after the disaster.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: Apparently averted, as despite the lack of explicit mentions of borders and nations, a certain air of "us" and "them" with a hint of rivalry certainly exists. This suggests a "convergence" approach taken by the many authors during the Detente.