Can I read Shooting the Moon on EtoBox?

Shooting the Moon by Brian Willems is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shooting the Moon about?

Films about the moon show that even after the lunar landing of 1969 our celestial neighbor has lost none of its aptitude for being made of green cheese. In fact, as soon as you put the moon on screen it is lost. This is equally true for a wide range of moon films, including the theatricality of Méliès, the incredulity of camp, the illegibility of footage shot by Apollo astronauts and the revisionary history of Transformers 3. Yet, as paradoxical as it might seem at first, it is only when we "lose sight" of the moon that lunar truths begin to come forth. This is because fantastic elements of the moon—by their mere absurdity—can indicate non-fantastic elements. However, what is of interest here is not realistic or fantastic lunar truths but rather that the moon is an object which invites, or even demands, more than one truth at once. ** About the Author Brian Willems is assistant professor of literature and film theory at the University of Split, Croatia. He is the author of Hopkins and Heidegger and Facticity, Poverty and Clones.

Who reads Shooting the Moon?

Author

Brian Willems

Publisher

John Hunt Publishing & Zero Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782798484

Category

children's

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Fiction

Rating

3.75 / 5 (136 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14