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Topic: The Return (Buzz Aldrin)
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randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-29-2001 01:44 PM
   
I just picked up a copy of Buzz Aldrin's latest, "The Return". I'd like to know what the feelings of my fellow collectors are on this book. Thanks. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-29-2001 02:48 PM
Having purchased and read each of Col. Aldrin's books (and enjoyed each of them), I found "The Return" a horrible disappointment. |
Jacqueline
Member Posts: 344
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-29-2001 03:27 PM
I picked up a signed copy from Amazon Auction. I've yet to read it. But it is signed and as I only paid $29 for it I'm pleased whether it is a rubbish read or not. |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-29-2001 03:34 PM
I started reading it...the first chapter or two. Didn't like it a bit, and haven't opened it again since then, last July. |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-29-2001 07:26 PM
Got it in London in September last year - at the Aldrin encounter there. Yet have to read the book...  |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-29-2001 08:17 PM
I have the book and had it signed in person at a booksigning here in Seattle last summer. I read about half the book, but really never got into it and started reading something else. The half that I read was very slow, and kind of boring. I really liked his other book "Encounter With Tiber" I was hoping this would be just as good... unfortunately not.Not as horrible as Gordo Cooper's book, but no where near the top of my list either. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-30-2001 11:48 AM
Thanks for the responses so far. It seems that this may not be one of Col. Aldrins best offerings. I'll keep these in mind when I start reading it. |
Dr. William R. Hanson
Member Posts: 150
From: Glens Falls, NY 12801
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-02-2001 08:42 PM
I have a copy of, "The Return" signed by Buzz, traded it even with a gentleman for a signed copy of, "Encounter with Tiber". "The Return" isn't much of a book, but I didn't get it expecting great literature; it's just another book signed by Buzz to go on the shelf. Let's face it, the quality of most astronaut books is the ability of the co-author, they're the guys who really do most of the writing. But we buy the books because they've got one of our heroes names on the title page, and we hope to get a couple of good bits of insight into their unique experiences... plus it's about the only way to get a genuine signature from some of these men at an affordable price. |
thecollector
Member Posts: 216
From: West TN, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 07-02-2001 09:03 PM
I really feel like an outcast but I'll be honest -- it took me a while to get into it but by the time I finished the book, I really enjoyed it.That's just me though. |
Dr. William R. Hanson
Member Posts: 150
From: Glens Falls, NY 12801
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-02-2001 09:39 PM
That's why ice cream comes in more flavors than vanilla, some people like chocolate, strawberry or butter pecan!! |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-03-2001 07:01 AM
I agree with Doc. The more I read what I did read, the more I realized it isn't much of a book. Just something to add to my collection.Thanks for the responses, guys and gals. I really appreciate it. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-28-2008 07:29 PM
I finally got around to reading this book, and thought it coincidental that the name of the company in the book is ShareSpace, very similar to collectSPACE. Given Robert's association with Buzz, I'm curious if one name evolved from the other? Apologies if this has been covered somewhere else but I couldn't find it when I did a search. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-28-2008 07:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MCroft04:
Given Robert's association with Buzz, I'm curious if one name evolved from the other?
A nice thought, but there's no relation. ShareSpace, which is a real organization established by Aldrin in 1998, was named to represent the original purpose of the effort, to explore ways in which the public could take part in space travel through the purchase of a "share" of the expense, i.e. lotteries and sweepstakes. collectSPACE was named such in 1999 because another astronaut, Pete Conrad, owned spacememorabilia.com. I did however, serve on the advisory committee for ShareSpace, so there's an indirect connection. (And for whatever its worth, re-reading the posts from 2001, I enjoyed "The Return" more so than I did "Encounter with Tiber", but as was mentioned then, to each their own.) |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-29-2009 08:25 AM
I got to read "The Return" eight years after having purchased it and getting it signed by Col. Aldrin at Christies.I prefer historical accounts and biographies to fiction, which account for this long delay. While I felt that at the end the action was getting disheveled, I appreciated the book for the portrayal of managerial character. ------------------
Francois Guay
Collector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories! |
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