Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, (Paperback)

from zimbawilson

A fast paced true crime thriller that reads like a novel. If you like Ben Mezrich's other non fiction works you'll love this one. The story of Thad Robert's heist of a national tresure (Apollo moon rocks) is a definite page turner. I've read several reviews of this work that call it overwrought, ...

from katiekrug

This was mildly diverting, but I have never liked smarty-pants college kids who think it is okay to do something just because they can. The author tries to treat Thad Roberts, the brilliant university student who stole lunar rock samples from NASA (and yes, had sex with his girlfriend on top of t...

from dougcornelius

Ben Mezrich is back. His latest is "the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history." A NASA coop student stole a safe full of moon rocks and tried to sell them. After pilfering the lunar samples, he placed one under his bed sheets and .... Well.... I guess you can figure out where t...

from manogirl

I feel like you need to take everything Ben Mezrich writes with a grain of salt. I believe his other books have been dinged for being inaccurate, and I think some people also have a problem with his propensity for inventing dialogue. There is a short introduction in the book which explains his re...

from karieh

Reading about larger than life characters and larger than life undertakings is fascinating to me. However, while certainly interesting, I didn't find the story of Thad Roberts fascinating. I suppose it might be because although novel, the story of this part of his life and the story of this crime...