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Date: 08 Dec 2006 14:29:58
From: Lorrie Saboley
Subject: anyone know if this book is non-fiction?
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My husband's birthday is right after Christmas and he collects signed books.
Is this about Buzz Aldrin's trip back from the moon?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170058818616
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 21:06:45
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: anyone know if this book is non-fiction?
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:29:58 -0800, "Lorrie Saboley"
<lorriems24@yahoo.nopath.com > wrote:
>My husband's birthday is right after Christmas and he collects signed books.
>Is this about Buzz Aldrin's trip back from the moon?
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170058818616
It's fiction. From Amazon:
Old-school moonwalker Buzz Aldrin teams up again with former Hugo and
Nebula Awards nominee John Barnes to pen another near-future SF tale
focused on the fate of the U.S. space program. But as with the duo's
previous effort, 1996's Encounter with Tiber, Aldrin's ideas can take
center stage a little too conspicuously, which, regardless of your own
views on the subject, doesn't always make for the best story. Part
thriller, part infomercial for the Aldrin space manifesto, The Return
fumbles only in its lack of subtlety: The book's protagonist, Scott
Blackstone, is a technically accomplished and charismatic retired
astronaut who runs a foundation called ShareSpace, whose mission is to
send everyday citizens into outer space. And what do you know--in real
life Aldrin is a technically accomplished and charismatic retired
astronaut who runs a foundation called ShareSpace, whose mission is to
send everyday citizens into outer space. (Talk about your expert
author.)
Of course you read Aldrin not because you think he's the next Ben Bova
but because he's a space-race winner, a bright man with inspiring ideas.
And Barnes, who's already proven himself with topnotch titles like
Mother of Storms, helps Aldrin get his point across admirably, spinning
a tale that begins with ShareSpace's third Citizen Observer to accompany
a space shuttle mission: a legendary, recently retired basketball hero
known around the globe as simply "MJ." Disaster strikes, though, while
the beloved MJ is airborne, and Blackstone soon finds himself relying on
his lawyer ex-wife to come to ShareSpace's defense. Was the disaster an
accident? Don't count on it.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 12:48:47
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: anyone know if this book is non-fiction?
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Lorrie Saboley wrote:
> My husband's birthday is right after Christmas and he collects signed books.
> Is this about Buzz Aldrin's trip back from the moon?
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170058818616
Hi:
I'm not one for clicking unknown links from folks I don't know that I
find on Usenet, but if you'll give the name and author of the book,
I'll let you know.
Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:
Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
and
The Urban Astronomer's Guide
<http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland >
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