Richard Baedecker thinks his greatest challenge was walking on the moon, but then he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join Baedeck...
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Aug 05, 2011
Pasteurisiert
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Also, zuerst einmal muss ich eine Kritik gegenüber dem Heyne-Verlag loswerden. Dan Simmons ist hauptsächlich als sehr phantasievoller Science-Fiction Autor bekannt. Entsprechend ist die Erwartungshaltung, wenn man den Klappentext des Buches liest. Tatsächlich ist dieser Roman nicht Science-Fiction! Der Klappentext ist ein billiger Werbetrick und ich werde zukünftig meine Bücher vorsichtiger auswählen.
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Jun 10, 2010
Courtney
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Phases of Gravity is a treatment of the human journey, paralleled and perused by a middle-aged fictional astronaut and his personal wanderings. It is a story of the aftermath of success, and the gaping hole of fear left by failure. Three levels of experience are interwoven in this book: that of Richard Baedecker, America's space program, and mankind in general. Author Dan Simmons asserts that his characters and therefore his readers as well, are part of "...a culture choosing between a f
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Aug 22, 2010
Tyler
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Years after I read this book, I still think about it often. The writing, an early hint to the fantastic writings of what I feel is the best science fiction writer of the last decade (Dan Simmons), is easy to read and full of eloquence. The story may not appeal to everyone, and the delivery most definitely will not appeal to everyone...but to those who it does work for, this book will stay with you for a long time. Don't expect anything too profound or something unlike anything you've read before
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Jul 28, 2011
Compared to a lot of his recent stuff, this is a brief novel and is one of his earliest. While the story is relatively straight-forward, it was not what I expected. A lot of philosophical navel-gazing which through the dialogue of the characters is well expressed, but somehow doesn't quite deliver. Still as an early novel, it is more than competent and shows the early signs of the excellent writer he has since become.
Aug 23, 2011
Mbreaden
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I did read this as per my friend's request. Middle-aged male astronaut and hero, Richard M. Baedaeker--oh, but the "M." is not really his middle initial. . .wow, sooo deep--returns to his home town (Peoria, Ill.!) and thinks about how things have changed. Middle-aged male astronaut connects with the vivacious, "long-limbed" 26-year-old Maggie Brown.
Middle-aged male writer's fantasy.
Middle-aged male writer's fantasy.
Jul 29, 2011
Poignant and inspiring. I loved this novel - it is not a typical Simmons novel (which tend to either far-future hard sci-fi or horror), but rather is based on character development.
Dec 09, 2010
Peter
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Fabulous book. Captured sense of againg and understanding what matters an in interesting way.
Jul 29, 2008
Nicole
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Richard Baedecker once walked on the moon but now seeks another direction because there must still be fulfillment to be found in life. This was my first novel by this author and it led me to trying others but he never wrote anything else in this vein.
This is a parable comparing the lost focus of space exploration with a man's coming to question what is important and how his life has been overshadowed even corrupted by one event-walking on the moon.
This is a parable comparing the lost focus of space exploration with a man's coming to question what is important and how his life has been overshadowed even corrupted by one event-walking on the moon.
Dec 16, 2009
Courtney
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Love Dan Simmons - he writes well across many genres (science fiction, horror, fantasy). This book is very different from any other he's written.
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