Mailer's superb account, written as it was happening, of the first attempt to land men on the moon 'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.' A Fire on the Moon tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. It is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themselves and with his own anxieties and terrors about the extremity of what they were trying to achieve. Mailer is both admiring and appalled and the result is a book which is both a gripping narrative and a brilliant depiction ...
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Mailer's superb account, written as it was happening, of the first attempt to land men on the moon 'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.' A Fire on the Moon tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. It is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themselves and with his own anxieties and terrors about the extremity of what they were trying to achieve. Mailer is both admiring and appalled and the result is a book which is both a gripping narrative and a brilliant depiction of the now-forgotten technical issues and uncertainties around the mission. A Fire on the Moon is also a matchless portrait of an America caught in a morass of introspection and misery, torn apart by the war in Vietnam. But for one, extraordinary week in the summer of 1969 all eyes were on the fates of three men in a rocket, travelling a quarter of a million miles away from Earth. With an introduction by Geoff Dyer.
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Add this copy of Of a Fire on the Moon to cart. $5.58, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Signet, New American Library.
Add this copy of Of a Fire on the Moon to cart. $7.10, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Little, Brown.
Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon to cart. $12.65, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Penguin Group.
Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon (Penguin Modern Classics) to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Penguin Classics.
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Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon [Inscribed] to cart. $18.75, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Book. Octavo, 381 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine white with black lettering. Mild shelf wear exteriorly with small chip to the front tail edge, age toning to the fore edges. Boards have very slight wear exteriorly with lightly sunned spine. Text block shows head edge colored green with slight age toning and foxing to the fore and tail edges. Slight offsetting to the end papers. Previous owner's information to the front free end paper. First UK edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. 1374024. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon to cart. $19.81, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1970 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 0297179527.
Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon to cart. $20.09, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Penguin Classics.
Add this copy of A Fire on the Moon to cart. $22.95, new condition, Sold by booksXpress, ships from Bayonne, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Penguin Classics.
