| The Moon Goddess and the Son | |
| Author: | Donald Kingsbury |
| Cover Artist: | David B. Mattingly |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Release Date: | December 1, 1986 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 409 |
| Isbn: | 0-671-55958-3 |
| Isbn Note: | (hc) |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 19 |
| Congress: | PS3561.I487 M66 1986 |
| Oclc: | 11532199 |
The Moon Goddess and the Son is a science fiction novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, published by Baen in 1986. The novel was an expanded version of a novella published in the December 1979 issue of Analog magazine, which was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1980.
Along with the novella, Kingsbury and Roger Arnold published a nonfiction article describing the technologies used in the story for achieving cheap access to Low Earth orbit and beyond.[1] [2]