Bibliotheca Universalis: Norman Mailer. Moonfire. the Epic Journey of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)

from kcshankd

Extraordinary, I am so glad to have read this. Mailer's use of the third person 'Aquarius' is awkward, but works once you get the hang of it. As someone that isn't old enough to remember this (I was born during the last Apollo Mission, 17), this really brought home the experience, especially in d...

from jfe16

LIFE hired writer Norman Mailer to cover the Apollo 11 Moon shot; his three-part feature was the longest non-fiction piece ever published by the magazine. That piece, enhanced and extended, became “Of a Fire on the Moon,” in which Mailer examined both the science of space travel and the psycholog...

from kcshankd

Extraordinary, I am so glad to have read this. Mailer's use of the third person 'Aquarius' is awkward, but works once you get the hang of it. As someone that isn't old enough to remember this (I was born during the last Apollo Mission, 17), this really brought home the experience, especially in d...

from kcshankd

Extraordinary, I am so glad to have read this. Mailer's use of the third person 'Aquarius' is awkward, but works once you get the hang of it. As someone that isn't old enough to remember this (I was born during the last Apollo Mission, 17), this really brought home the experience, especially in d...

from jfe16

LIFE hired writer Norman Mailer to cover the Apollo 11 Moon shot; his three-part feature was the longest non-fiction piece ever published by the magazine. That piece, enhanced and extended, became “Of a Fire on the Moon,” in which Mailer examined both the science of space travel and the psycholog...