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Topic: Friendship 7: John H. Glenn, Jr. (Colin Burgess)
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 12-01-2014 04:30 PM
   
I'm pleased to announce that the manuscript and photographs for this book are now being sent over to my favourite copy editor, and if the usual schedule holds it will be published sometime before mid-2015.This is the third book in the Mercury flight series following the publication by Springer Books of those detailing the flights of Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7 with Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom respectively. I am already well into preparing the next book, on the flight of Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-01-2014 04:51 PM
Great news! I can't wait to read it! |
tlifan2
Member Posts: 38
From: Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 12-01-2014 08:37 PM
Congratulations on your new book — I look forward to seeing it. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 12-04-2014 04:40 PM
This is great news Colin! I have always wanted to know what went down after Liberty Bell 7 that led to Glenn's Atlas flight. We know about Titov... but with the problems of MA-5, this was a major decision on NASA's end. And the story of the MA-6 booster issues — like the fuel leak. I can't wait to read it! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-17-2014 09:39 AM
Colin, I am looking forward to your book with great anticipation. |
hermit
Member Posts: 186
From: Scotland
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted 12-22-2014 07:57 PM
Well, it's pretty much ready to be sent for layout. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 12-22-2014 09:56 PM
With many thanks to my old mate 'Hermit' who is not only one of the best writers around on spaceflight history, but a fabulous and incisive copyeditor.Barring any productions problems, I would guess at about a March/April release. So now it's on to "Aurora 7" - the next in the Mercury flight series. |
hermit
Member Posts: 186
From: Scotland
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted 01-01-2015 08:25 PM
The edited "Friendship 7" manuscript has just been submitted for layout. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-18-2015 07:10 AM
Friendship 7 is available to pre-order on Amazon with a delivery date of 6th September. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-18-2015 08:23 PM
Based on my experience in the past with Springer books, this one will be available much sooner than that - I'd suggest about May. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 01-22-2015 08:29 AM
amazon.co.uk gives 24 June 2015 as release date. So our estimate seems about right. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-27-2015 10:06 AM
So does Amazon.com: Friendship 7: The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr.
by Colin Burgess In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.A nation proudly and collectively came to a standstill on the day this mission flew; a day that will be forever enshrined in American spaceflight history. On the morning of February 20, 1962, following months of frustrating delays, a Marine Corps war hero and test pilot named John Glenn finally blazed a path into orbit aboard a compact capsule named Friendship 7. The book's tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to the Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America's most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions. - Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 2015 edition (June 24, 2015)
- ISBN-10: 3319156535
- ISBN-13: 978-3319156538
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-16-2015 07:39 PM
With the editing and page-proof checking process now completed, this book has just gone to the production company to be finalised and printed. Right on track time-wise, it should now be available through Amazon.com in a month or two. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 03-23-2015 01:11 PM
Does the book have an 'epilogue' or mention of Glenn's flight aboard Discovery/STS-95? |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-23-2015 03:57 PM
Yes, the book actually discusses JG's post-flight career and STS-95 flight and includes some tributes to him at the end. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-11-2015 06:08 PM
Amazon has notified me that my pre-ordered copy will be delivered on Wednesday. That's a nice surprise, because yesterday Amazon's expected release date was in October! |
jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-11-2015 09:42 PM
I am supposed to receive my copy on the 15th as well  |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-14-2015 05:41 PM
I received my copy today, a day early. My first impression is that Amazon has significantly improved their POD production since Liberty Bell 7. The photos are properly printed, including the color ones, and the text is uniformly dark and sharp.Of course, I haven't had a chance to start reading it yet, but a quick flick through it shows that it'll be up to the standards Colin has set with Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7. I just finished a bedtime read last night, so I'll start this tonight. I did find one nit to pick though. In the Author's Preface, on page xviii, the aircraft in the photo clearly isn't a B-29. Most likely it was a C-124 Globemaster. Undoubtedly it's not Colin's fault, but NASA mis-labeled the photo (not like that ever happens!). |
farthestreaches
Member Posts: 1074
From: Redondo Beach, Ca
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 04-14-2015 05:57 PM
I have a small number of copies available that will be signed by Colin at the end of this month. See here for details should you be interested in obtaining one. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-18-2015 01:20 AM
UK delivery date now listed as 21st April. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 05-12-2015 04:40 PM
For those who may want to know more about how I got into the writing game and what's ahead in my various projects, I was recently interviewed by Dwayne Day for The Space Review, and the interview has now been published here. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 06-16-2015 01:12 PM
I finally got around to getting my copy, and I am really looking forward to this one!! |
lunarexplorer
Member Posts: 13
From: Albany Western Australia
Registered: Dec 2012
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posted 11-26-2015 05:53 AM
When looking to purchase Friendship 7 online I found that Springer is having a sale with 50% off books in Popular Science which includes Friendship 7 at $17.49.Many of Collin's previously released books such as 'Selecting the Mercury Seven' are also available at a reduced price. There are heaps of other space themed books on sale from various authors which seem to be a great deal. To top it off it says international postage is free which is GREAT. Just in time for Christmas. Springer Shop Special: 50% off Print Books in Popular Science. Special offer ends December 7, 2015. Bestselling Titles 50% off. Free shipping worldwide. |
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