“An Action-Packed Science Fiction Story from the Fred O. Gebhart Motion Picture Hit – Produced in Hollywood.”
From the back cover:
There were twelve of them, the world’s pick of men and women. True, they had the herculean task before them of travelling to the moon and back, but the “Lunar Eagle” was a fine, proud ship. They expected it to be routine enough,
But it turned out to be the weirdest, most adventure filled journey ever made into the unknown,
Come with them on the “Lunar Eagle I” for an action-packed story of suspense and mystery. Share Asmara Makonnen’s strange uneasy feeling just a few moments before Martel, the Frenchman, begins to scream. Learn what it feels like to be the first to step on the surface of the moon. Wonder, with Bill Rochester, the Englishman, why it felt like the end of everything. Be with the beautiful Swedish physician and the Turkish biologist as some eerie force draws them into the strangely lighted cave.
“12 TO THE MOON” is a story that builds to an unusual climax as John Anderson and his crew find themselves stalled in outer space, with not only their rocket ship doomed, but Earth as well! Their fantastic adventures and how they solve their final dilemma makes for suspenseful, gripping reading. This is a must for science fiction fans.
Movie trailer for this low-budget sci-fi movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ud_SBew3e0
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Badger Books were published between 1959 and 1967 in a number of genres, predominantly war, westerns, romance, supernatural and science fiction. In common with other “pulp” or mass-market publishers of the time, Badger Books focused on quantity rather than quality. A new title in each of the major genres appeared each month, generally written to tight deadlines by low-paid authors. One of the most remarkable facts about Badger Books is that much of its output was produced by just two authors (using a range of house names and other pseudonyms). John Glasby (over 300 novels and short stories) and Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (over 200 novels and stories). [Wikipedia]