Beyond Apollo (Digital Original)
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the first John W. Campbell Memorial Award. &“A mind-bending read . . . certainly entertaining, often very funny and very thought-provoking.&” —Medium A two-man mission to Venus fails and is aborted; when it returns, the Captain is missing and the other astronaut, Harry M. Evans, is unable to explain what has happened. Or, conversely, he has too many explications; his journal of the expedition—compiled in the mental institution to which NASA has embarrassedly committed him—offers contradictory stories: he murdered the Captain, mad Venusian invaders murdered the Captain, the Captain vanished, no one was murdered and the Captain has returned in Evans&’s guise. As the explanations pyramid and the supervising psychiatrist&’s increasingly desperate efforts to get a straight story fail, it becomes apparent that Evans&’s madness and his inability to explain what happened are expressions of humanity&’s incompetence at the enormity of space exploration. &“Barry Malzberg&’s dark, bleak vision of the future is one of the most terrifying ever to come out of science fiction.&” —Robert Silverberg &“Beyond Apollo is a masterpiece; a multi-faceted rumination on repression; a virulent critique of the space program and America&’s obsession with space.&” —Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations &“A light shone through a crystal. The reader never gets to see the crystal or the light, only the resulting refraction . . . a very satisfying work of post-modern science fiction.&” —Speculiction &“Veins of gold . . . a beautiful and heart-breaking book.&”—Fantasy and Science Fiction &“Written with wit . . . the most original and pleasing SF novel of the last five years.&”—Brian Aldiss, New Review
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 153 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780795323485
- Publisher:
- RosettaBooks
- Date of Addition:
- 09/17/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Barry N. Malzberg
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.