Moondust (50 page)
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 San Francisco home. He has worked 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 in Norfolk, in the east of England.
âWonderful ⦠This is a fascinating book, often poignant but funny too'
Daily Mail
âSmith navigates the contours of our love affair with space â¦
Moondust
is an inspired idea, immaculately executed: witty, affectionate, completely captivating'
Word
âThis book is something different ⦠As an update on the nine surviving astronauts it is fascinating. As a commentary on life on Earth, it is superb'
Scotland on Sunday
âCompelling and beautifully written ⦠this exceptional account of a remarkable time is recommended to anyone interested in space, politics or how historic events change people'
Waterstone's Books Quarterly
âA gripping read'
Mail on Sunday
âSmith's mission â gloriously realised in this spellbinding book â is to seek out the last nine and discover how the decades have treated the only humans to have walked on another world'
Observer
âSmith is a graceful, easy-going writer, and this beguiling tale is replete with joyful wonder. What's more, he has something witty to say in almost every paragraph'
Sunday Times
âSpellbinding ⦠a provocative meditation on lunar travel and humanity's reaction to space, pondering such themes as space art, quantum mechanics, New Age religion, UFOs,
Star Trek
, and his own childhood memories'
Business Week
âUtterly gripping ⦠Smith is both sympathetic and bracingly unsentimental. But he also does an excellent job at rekindling the sheer fascination of that period ⦠intriguing, startling, funny, and yet also somehow profoundly moving'
Daily Telegraph
First published in Great Britain in 2005
This paperback edition published 2006
Copyright © 2005 by Andrew Smith
This electronic edition published in 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Lines from Ted Hughes are from “The Burrow Wolf” in
Moon-Whales
and Other Moon Poems
, published by Penguin
Designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate/Abbate Design
Illustrations by Jo Walker
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