Beyond Apollo

Author : Barry Malzberg
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795323485

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Winner of the first John W. Campbell Memorial Award. “A mind-bending read . . . certainly entertaining, often very funny and very thought-provoking.” —Medium A two-man mission to Venus fails and is aborted; when it returns, the Captain is missing and the other astronaut, Harry M. Evans, is unable to explain what has happened. Or, conversely, he has too many explications; his journal of the expedition—compiled in the mental institution to which NASA has embarrassedly committed him—offers contradictory stories: he murdered the Captain, mad Venusian invaders murdered the Captain, the Captain vanished, no one was murdered and the Captain has returned in Evans’s guise. As the explanations pyramid and the supervising psychiatrist’s increasingly desperate efforts to get a straight story fail, it becomes apparent that Evans’s madness and his inability to explain what happened are expressions of humanity’s incompetence at the enormity of space exploration. “Barry Malzberg’s dark, bleak vision of the future is one of the most terrifying ever to come out of science fiction.” —Robert Silverberg “Beyond Apollo is a masterpiece; a multi-faceted rumination on repression; a virulent critique of the space program and America’s obsession with space.” —Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations “A light shone through a crystal. The reader never gets to see the crystal or the light, only the resulting refraction . . . a very satisfying work of post-modern science fiction.” —Speculiction “Veins of gold . . . a beautiful and heart-breaking book.”—Fantasy and Science Fiction “Written with wit . . . the most original and pleasing SF novel of the last five years.”—Brian Aldiss, New Review

Author : Barry N Malzberg
Publisher : Anti-Oedipus Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990573303

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Two astronauts travel on the first manned expedition to the planet Venus. When the mission is mysteriously aborted and the ship returns to Earth, the Captain is missing and the First Officer, Harry M. Evans, can't explain what happened. Under psychiatric evaluation and interrogation, Evans provides conflicting accounts of the Captain's disappearance, incriminating both himself and lethal Venusian forces in the Captain's murder. As the explanations pyramid and the supervising psychiatrist's increasingly desperate efforts to get a straight story falter, Evans' condition and his inability to tell the "truth" present terrifying expressions of humanity's incompetence, the politics of space exploration, and the intricate dynamics of psycho-sexual relations . . . Originally published in 1972, BEYOND APOLLO incited controversy, polarizing critics and fans despite winning the first John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Always disinclined to sell out or compromise his vision, Malzberg became disillusioned with the SF genre, which purported to be THE genre of innovation. Paradoxically, many SF editors and publishers worried about unsettling readers' comfort zones and insisted that authors write in accordance with a set of rules, formulas and codes. Malzberg would neither heel nor kneel; disillusioned, he unofficially retired from the genre in the late seventies and hasn't looked back. What he produced as a science fiction writer, however, remains among the best published during the twentieth century-important in its historical context, but also entertaining and thought-provoking in its own right. Dark, acerbic, funny and smart, BEYOND APOLLO may be Malzberg's greatest accomplishment. This special anti-oedipal edition includes an introduction by novelist James Reich and a study guide that will prove especially useful in classroom settings.

Author : Jonathan R. Eller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252052293

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Bradbury Beyond Apollo by Jonathan R. Eller Pdf

Celebrated storyteller, cultural commentator, friend of astronauts, prophet of the Space Age—by the end of the 1960s, Ray Bradbury had attained a level of fame and success rarely achieved by authors, let alone authors of science fiction and fantasy. He had also embarked on a phase of his career that found him exploring new creative outlets while reinterpreting his classic tales for generations of new fans. Drawing on numerous interviews with Bradbury and privileged access to personal papers and private collections, Jonathan R. Eller examines the often-overlooked second half of Bradbury's working life. As Bradbury's dreams took him into a wider range of nonfiction writing and public lectures, the diminishing time that remained for creative pursuits went toward Hollywood productions like the award-winning series Ray Bradbury Theater. Bradbury developed the Spaceship Earth narration at Disney's EPCOT Center; appeared everywhere from public television to NASA events to comic conventions; published poetry; and mined past triumphs for stage productions that enjoyed mixed success. Distracted from storytelling as he became more famous, Bradbury nonetheless published innovative experiments in autobiography masked as detective novels, the well-received fantasy The Halloween Tree and the masterful time travel story "The Toynbee Convector." Yet his embrace of celebrity was often at odds with his passion for writing, and the resulting tension continuously pulled at his sense of self. The revelatory conclusion to the acclaimed three-part biography, Bradbury Beyond Apollo tells the story of an inexhaustible creative force seeking new frontiers.

Author : Barry N. Malzberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : OCLC:849920646

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Author : John F. Connolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Lunar excursion module
ISBN : 0578622726

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After LM by John F. Connolly Pdf

Author : Gene Kranz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439148815

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Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz Pdf

The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781627798310

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Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger Pdf

The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind’s first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut’s homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Eve, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over—after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth’s atmosphere following a flight to deep space—the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach. The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger—Jim Lovell’s co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13—can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.

Author : Homer Edward Newell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112003048680

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Beyond the Atmosphere by Homer Edward Newell Pdf

Author : Homer Edward Newell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : NASA:31769000640956

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Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science by Homer Edward Newell Pdf

Author : David West Reynolds
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760344521

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Apollo by David West Reynolds Pdf

Featuring a wealth of rare photographs, artwork, and cutaway illustrations, Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972 recaptures the excitement surrounding the world's most renowned space program.

Author : United States. Congress. House Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119524614

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Appropriations for 1968 by United States. Congress. House Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1542 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B4291617

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Military Construction Appropriations for 1968 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UCAL:B3556619

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1618 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104243193

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:00186993895

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Appropriations for 1968 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Pdf