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T O P I C R E V I E WcspgFor All Mankindby Harry Hurt Between December 1968 and December 1972, twenty-four men captured the imagination of the world as they voyaged to the moon. In For All Mankind, Harry Hurt III presents a dramatic, engrossing, and expansive account of those journeys. Based on extensive research and exclusive interviews with the Apollo astronauts, For All Mankind remains one of the most comprehensive and revealing firsthand accounts of space travel ever assembled. In their own words, the astronauts share the sights, sounds, thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams they experienced during their incredible voyages. In a compelling narrative structured as one trip to the moon, Harry Hurt recounts all the drama and danger of the lunar voyages, from the anxiety of the astronauts' prelaunch procedures through the euphoria of touchdown on the lunar surface.Updated with a new introduction by the author for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, For All Mankind is both an extraordinary adventure story and an important historical document. Paperback: 416 pagesGrove Press (July 16, 2019)ISBN-10: 0802147259ISBN-13: 978-0802147257BlackarrowI think we're going to see a lot of this "recycling" of old books for the 50th anniversary. That may be a mixed blessing.Jurg BolliThis is still one of my favorite books and movies about Apollo.BlackarrowI don't think there is any connection between the two, except for the title.Robert PearlmanAccording to Abe Books, the film's director Al Reinert conducted the interviews for Harry Hurt's book.KevmacThe first paragraph of the Acknowledgements section in the back of the book states: This book is the literary sibling of a full-length feature film of the same name produced and directed by Al Reinert, who conducted the principal interviews with the Apollo astronauts. The book is not the shooting script for the film, nor is the film a celluloid condensation of the book. Just as each represents a distinct art form, each is a self-contained work in its own right, but the two may be best enjoyed in tandem as complementary answers to the same question: what was it like for man to leave the earth and land on another planet?Jurg BolliI was just about to make a similar comment. The second paragraph starts with: The author owes an immeasurable debt to co-author Reinert for his inspiration and general editorial guidance, as well as for his fine interviews and research over the course of eight years. Another cS member contacted me offline commenting about how many mistakes the book has, and I have to agree. But then again, almost all books have mistakes, but what I remember mostly about the book is that it was one of the first books that I read that made me feel as if I was in the spacecraft with them, and the movie was extremely powerful in that same way. So, I just like the book and the movie, each person has a different view on the quality, as I mentioned in my comment on the movie "First Man," I hated the shaky action scenes and the soundtrack, but I liked the movie a great deal over all. To each his own, and I can only think of one book that I find practically perfect, and that is Andrew Chaikin's "A Man on the Moon."cspgAlso got an email about the errors in this book. If this is a new edition (at least the foreword), maybe the publisher would be interested to know about all those errors before going into printing. Contact info.BlackarrowI stand corrected. I have seen the film and read the book but I think it's a bit of a stretch to refer to them as "literary siblings." Cousins, perhaps? In any event, I must now refresh my memory of both.
Between December 1968 and December 1972, twenty-four men captured the imagination of the world as they voyaged to the moon. In For All Mankind, Harry Hurt III presents a dramatic, engrossing, and expansive account of those journeys. Based on extensive research and exclusive interviews with the Apollo astronauts, For All Mankind remains one of the most comprehensive and revealing firsthand accounts of space travel ever assembled. In their own words, the astronauts share the sights, sounds, thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams they experienced during their incredible voyages. In a compelling narrative structured as one trip to the moon, Harry Hurt recounts all the drama and danger of the lunar voyages, from the anxiety of the astronauts' prelaunch procedures through the euphoria of touchdown on the lunar surface.Updated with a new introduction by the author for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, For All Mankind is both an extraordinary adventure story and an important historical document.
For All Mankind remains one of the most comprehensive and revealing firsthand accounts of space travel ever assembled. In their own words, the astronauts share the sights, sounds, thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams they experienced during their incredible voyages. In a compelling narrative structured as one trip to the moon, Harry Hurt recounts all the drama and danger of the lunar voyages, from the anxiety of the astronauts' prelaunch procedures through the euphoria of touchdown on the lunar surface.
Updated with a new introduction by the author for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, For All Mankind is both an extraordinary adventure story and an important historical document.
This book is the literary sibling of a full-length feature film of the same name produced and directed by Al Reinert, who conducted the principal interviews with the Apollo astronauts. The book is not the shooting script for the film, nor is the film a celluloid condensation of the book. Just as each represents a distinct art form, each is a self-contained work in its own right, but the two may be best enjoyed in tandem as complementary answers to the same question: what was it like for man to leave the earth and land on another planet?
The author owes an immeasurable debt to co-author Reinert for his inspiration and general editorial guidance, as well as for his fine interviews and research over the course of eight years.
So, I just like the book and the movie, each person has a different view on the quality, as I mentioned in my comment on the movie "First Man," I hated the shaky action scenes and the soundtrack, but I liked the movie a great deal over all. To each his own, and I can only think of one book that I find practically perfect, and that is Andrew Chaikin's "A Man on the Moon."
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