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Tom wolfe spends so much time telling us what it all means, instead of the nuts and bolts of what happened. All wolfe says in the book is that there were rumors that grissom had actually done it, and these rumors weighed heavily on gus and his wife.
The right stuff" is a fine account of the early space program from the perspective of the men who flew those missions. The right stuff" slips easy characterization—but the test pilots knew what it was. The right stuff each man strives for is courage, ... Read More
Cons
A small bright spot in this miasma is the description of the california desert and test pilot culture early in the book. It's as if someone sat down to write a book about caesar or william the conqueror written from the perspective of their worried wi... Read More
Audible gets an f in this case. Save yourself the aggravation - and financial cost - of suffering through this recording. Quaid's take on john kennedy is laughable.
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Quality
Wonderful book about the race to the stars with the mercury 7
But this marvelous work puts you there with the people the pilots the politicians
The book begins and ends with the test pilot program and for that reason an eighth pilot is featured chuck yeager who was the f... Read More
Packaging/appearance
It was cool to learn a lot of stuff in the backstageness
Sometimes interesting other times it wanders into the weeds
Competitiveness
Enjoyed learning about the camaraderie but also the competition between the men
Much better than all the president’s men
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Like the movie the book is entertainment and not a historical reference
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Tells a lot that wasnt in the movie
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Wolfe certainly paints a less than flattering picture of grissom’s actions and composure but appeared to me to be largely “fact based”
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As pilots train and fight against ai this are will never be seen again
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Its not written in the standard soandso said this then this happened then he said this style of storytelling
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Instead its told as an observer describing the situation and its undercurrent with a large dose of sarcasm
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At times its hilarious other times maddeningly wordy
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Sometimes interesting other times it wanders into the weeds
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