by Tom Wolfe
Trying to clear the decks here with these quick takes on Audiobooks, like I indicated I would be doing yesterday (which also helps from the deep dive I took on Hands Up yesterday, too). --- This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper, Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator)Unabridged Audiobook, 10 hrs., 17 min...
You might have seen the film based on this book, which I loved, but I think I loved the book--a very different creature--even more. I should say up front I'm a big fan of space exploration, the kind of person who has read a bookshelf worth of stuff by and about astronauts, flight controllers, the en...
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe I wouldn't last one minute as a 1960's test pilot/astronaut, or as the wife of one. The right stuff? I don't have it.
A very readable account of the Mercury program and related events. I really enjoyed Tom Wolfe's style - it has a sort of immediacy to it that is very engaging. I particularly enjoyed the quite unexpected Pete Conrad thread through the narrative. As I read I did wonder how on earth a film could possi...
Truly a classic.
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