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Moon Dust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

Moon Dust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
Library Shelf Location 35.MOON
Publication Date 2009
Description Summary In 1999, Andrew Smith was interviewing Charlie Duke, astronaut and moon walker, for the Sunday Times. During the course of the interview, which took place at Duke's Texan home, the telephone rang and Charlie left the room to answer it. When he returned, some twenty minutes later, he seemed visibly upset. It seemed that he'd just heard that, the previous day, one of his fellow moon walkers, the astronaut Pete Conrad, had died. 'Now there's only nine of us,' he said. Only nine. Which meant that, one day not long from now, there would be none, and when that day came, no one on earth would have known the giddy thrill of gazing back at us from the surface of the moon. The thought shocked Andrew Smith, and still does. Moondust is his attempt to understand why. Review Review 'Smith's mix of reporting and meditation is highly entertaining, and this superb book is a fitting tribute to a unique band of twentieth-century heroes' GQ 'A moving and thorough account of America's last great act of optimism' Guardian 'Fascinating and disturbing. We know what happened inside the Apollo Space Craft, but what went on inside the astronauts' minds? Did any of them really recover from their strange journey? Extremely thought-provoking' J. G. Ballard 'Smith's mission - gloriously realised in this spellbinding book - is to seek out the last nine and discover how the decades have treated the only humans to have walked on another world ... a wonderful collective biography written with deftness, compassion and humour' Observer Biography Andrew Smith is English although he was born in New York and lived in California until he was in his early teens. He watched the moon landings on TV in his home near San Francisco. He has written for Melody Maker, the Face, the Sunday Times, and the Observer where he has written on the KLF, death row, Damien Hirst, Jeff Bezos, Bianca Jagger and much much more. He currently lives with his family in Norfolk.
ISBN 9781408802380
Quantity 1
Pages 372 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Author Andrew Smith
Format Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing, London
Category Non-art books relating to BALTIC exhibitions
Keywords Space (universe), Moon
Related Event They Used to Call it the Moon (Friday 25 April – Sunday 29 June 2014)
Related Gallery BALTIC’s project space at BALTIC 39, Newcastle upon Tyne
Language English

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