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BRENDAN I. KOERNER is a contributing editor at Wired and the author of Now the Hell Will Start, which he is currently adapting for filmmaker Spike Lee. A former columnist for both The New York Times and Slate who was named one of Columbia Journalism Review’s “Ten Young Writers on the Rise,” he has also written for Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, and many other publications. Visit him at www.microkhan.com and follow him at @brendankoerner.

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The Skies

It’s a bit tough for me to believe that The Skies Belong to Us is finally out today. As dedicated followers of this project know, I’ve been working on the book for nearly four years, and there were many moments when its completion seemed an impossibility. The Grand Empress and the progeny can attest to all the dark moods I passed through while shaping the text—they’re saints for putting up with...

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Brendan I. Koerner's Books

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	Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piano Demon: The Globetrotting, Gin-soaked, Too-short Life of Teddy Weatherford, the Chicago Jazzman Who Conquered Asia 3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Technology Writing 2006 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting The News: How Technology Is Revolutionizing The Media 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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THE SKIES BELONG TO US in Washington D.C.
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Brendan I. Koerner wrote a new blog post The Skies It’s a bit tough for me to believe that The Skies Belong to Us is finally out today. As dedicated followers of this project know, I’ve been working... Read more of this blog post »
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Brendan Koerner liked Jason Fagone's review of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking: " I burned through this book in two or three sittings. Brendan is a friend, but I'd love it even if I didn't know him. "The Skies" works on a couple of levels, as both a history of a forgotten phenomenon (skyjacking in '60s and '70s America) and a m... " Read more of this review »
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Brendan Koerner liked Shannon's review of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking: " Today, it’s hard to imagine breezing into an airport mere minutes before your flight takes off; no metal detectors, no full body scanners…shoes on. In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, airport security was shockingly nonexistent and customers were... " Read more of this review »
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Brendan Koerner liked Darcia Helle's review of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking: " This book fascinated me from beginning to end. While the focus is on Roger Holder's convoluted and oddly successful plan to skyjack a plane with his lover Cathy Kerkow, the story told is broad and full of wacky, real life characters. As the US stu... " Read more of this review »
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Brendan Koerner made a comment on his review of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking "Carol wrote: "This is on my "Must Read" List. I had a friend when I was in college who was skyjacked in the Beirut airport. Won't forget that!" Many th...more "
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“My son, from whence this madness, this neglect
Of my commands, and those whom I protect?
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Whom you forsake, what pledges leave behind.”
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“I shoulda stayed in Job Corps,
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