As a footnote, I purchased a limited edition of Moonfire from Taschen Books. What's really interesting with this book is that it is basically two different ideas mashed together; one, a gorgeous pictorial look at the journey of APOLLO 11 and all the amazing, brilliant technology that helped humanity reach the moon; and the second, a selection of text from Norman Mailer's OF A FIRE ON THE MOON, which is a reflective, searing, psychological study of why we went there and what it meant (for America in particular). So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer—the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction—wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. Skip to main content.ca. His thoughts in 1969 speak potently to our world today. Fire on the Moon, Brooklyn, New York. Skip to main content. Mailer is always trying to get past the obvious thought. Mailer accepts a big assignment to the American mainstream and finds himself at a loss. Of a Fire on the Moon is a description of the Apollo 11 mission and is Mailer at his journalistic best. Mailer's account of Apollo 11 begins with the death of Ernest Hemingway. His translation of these highly technical issues into solid understandable and, frankly, beautiful prose is amazing. Part Two goes back to the beginning again for an exhaustive, 272 page long, almost moment-by-moment summary of the mission itself: a mixture of reportage, engineering and philosophy. G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of the Moon, and R is the radius of the Moon. Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017. Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon “The gift of a genius . I bought this book on a whim because of the beautiful photos (which are the best part of the book). After splashdown I just skipped through the pictures and captions to the back cover. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Informacje o Fire on the Moon - 8259454776 w archiwum Allegro. I love reading about the Apollo missions. His power to observe and his ability to see significance in the smallest gesture. But I got lost about 170 pages in with all the pseudo-philosophy about the distinctions between "the Novelist and the Navigator." An absolutely fascinating reflection on the human side of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, a perspective absent from the official NASA representation of these historic events. Anyway, on the Moon, g = 1.6 m/s 2. Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (June 3, 2014). "-Norman Mailer, The Taschen edition I read, with wonderful shots provided by NASA, was the saving grace for such a bloated, aggravating text. It was issued under the alias Dream Command, and in limited quantities in the United States and the Netherlands only. Though parts provided insight, the majority was Norman Mailer chewing too long on the flavorless 1960s bubblegum of his brain. Like wading through sticky mud.Overegged in nearly every paragraph.Rarely engaged me even though the subject matter is one of my interests. Welcome to the show. A totally unncessary work by Mailer and the last one by him that I have read. Part historical account, part survey of the zeitgeist, part early Apollo myth-making, Mailer's "Of a Fire on the Moon" is presented here in a glossy, chunky edition full of crisp historical photographs that pair well with Mailer's contemplative, wide-ranging prose. a twentieth-century American epic—a Moby Dick of space.”—New York “Mailer’s account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. It took reading this book for me to realize, to truly *grok* what an incredible achievement getting to, landing on, walking on, and returning from the moon really was. After splashdown I just skipped through the pictures and captions to the back cover. 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