Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 82-40127 In Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Published in the United States by Ballantine Books,Ī division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously It is also his most challenging and his most compelling.Īll rights reserved under International and Pan-American CopyrightĬonventions. This is not only Michener’s most ambitious novel: That of the universe, what lies beyond our galaxy

Michener grapples with the ultimate mystery. The real poetry of space travel has yet to begin!” Without question, the space program’sĭramatic dimensions provide the stuff of great fiction.”Īnd this subject is one which is hardly stale for,Īs we all know we are still on the threshold Reentry of the shuttle into earth’s atmosphere:” Michener is eloquent in depicting the actualįlights into space, as well as the blazing, apocalyptic Vulgarities of politics is very well portrayed.Īnd Mr. The struggle between “immaculate science” and the It tells a good story.Īnd better, it does not shy away from theĪpplication of mind as the natural accessory of dream.”Īnd the Library of Congress. The book deserves the wide audience it willĪlmost certainly have. It evinces a love of the land and a reverence for nature. Space skillfully blends fiction and non-fiction. There’s a lot of information here about space Here, as many times before, he teaches usĪnd compels us to think largely about large things.”Īnd the result is a fascinating look at space exploration. Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. Michener has shown a cross section of America today-Īll the bright promise of our glittering technology,Ĭontinual striving to build a better tomorrow” He gives his readers an understanding of the men and womenīy using the space program as a cutting edge, Pitiless instinct for the truth, the central issue of “Michener has laid bare, with a newspaper reporter’s That the dream of exploring space will not die.” The stuff of myth, told here with gripping effect. Of an important human endeavor that some day could be A sympathetic, historically sound treatment

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