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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 the 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.
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“Splendid!” (Arthur C. Clarke, author 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY )
“Moondust is an inspired idea, immaculately executed: witty, affectionate, completely captivating.” (WORD magazine )
“Highly entertaining...[Smith’s] superb book is a fitting tribute to a unique band of 20th-century heroes.” (GQ )
“Fascinating...We know what happened inside the Apollo, but what went on inside the astronauts’ minds? Extremely thought-provoking.” (J. G. Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun and Memories of the Space Age )
“[A] fascinating book... [Smith’s] humour is underpinned by a sense of extreme danger.” (Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week (four stars) )
“A rich mix of cultural history, reportage and personal reflection.” (Evening Standard )
“Forget flower power, the Beatles and Beach Boys...what made the 1960s an unforgettable decade was the conquest of space.” (The Guardian, Best Books of the Season )
“A crisply dramatic account.” (Sunday Telegraph )
“An extraordinary book...as profoundly as any work of philosophy.” (Uncut (UK), four stars )
“A wonderful collective biography written with deftness, compassion and humour.” (The Observer )
‘Utterly gripping. Smith is both sympathetic and bracingly unsentimental.” (Daily Mail (London) )
‘Enthralling...Smith is an ideal narrator: sharp-eyed yet increasingly affectionate about his subjects.” (Financial Times )
“Riveting...so vivid you can almost smell the suburban lawns.” (Time Out London )
“Spellbinding...a provocative meditation on lunar travel and humanity’s relation to space.” (Business Week )
“A wild ride swerving between then and now.” (Richmond Times Dispatch )
“Smith’s book succeeds...because he bungee-cords together so many intriguing digressions.” (New York Times )
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- PublisherBloomsbury
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1408802384
- ISBN 13 9781408802380
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages372
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