Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 - Reviews
"Para conmemorar el 40. º aniversario del histórico alunizaje del Apollo 11, la prestigiosa editorial TASCHEN ha recuperado el texto que escribió Norman Mailer sobre el acontecimiento para la revista Life y lo ha completado con espectaculares imágenes del satélite terrestre. El resultado fue Moonfire. The epic journey of Apollo 11 (Despegue a Luna. El épico viaje del Apollo 11),del que se lanzaron al mercado dos ediciones limitadas de 1.969 volúmenes cada una que costaban 1.000 euros. Pero la editorial alemana especializada en libros de arte y en ediciones limitadas para coleccionistas ha querido ir más allá y ha lanzado una segunda versión, The lunar rock edition,que incluye un meteorito lunar que puede alcanzar los 350 gramos de peso y costar hasta 480.000 euros. Esta edición está limitada a 12 ejemplares, que corresponden a los 12 meteoritos puestos a la venta tras ser analizados y certificados por el comité de la sociedad científica mundial que analiza este tipo de rocas procedentes del espacio."La Vanguardia, BarcelonaSpain |
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"...un must pour les tous les fans de la conquête spatiale."Trends Tendances, BruxellesBelgium |
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"Der große Schriftsteller Norman Mailer berichtet in diesem brillant geschriebenen Luxusbuch über den Umgang der Wissenschaft mit der Raumfahrt ... Provokante und treffsichere Einsichten in dieses epochale Ereignis."Recover, WienAustria |
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"This 'More Precious than Gold' edition is part literary, part interactive design, part actual moon rock and 100% amazing. The book, Norman Mailer's "Moonfire" is enclosed in a replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module 'whose surface is an actual 3D topography of the Moon made from a single piece of aluminium,' weighing in at nearly 50 lbs. The moonrock itself is individually packaged, but wait, there's more! TASCHEN is also throwing in a 'heady-to-hang, archival-quality, numbered photographic print' of Buzz Aldrin, signed by the moonwalker himself...But you have to hurry. Even though the moonrocks are going for as much as $766,000 (relax, that's the price of the rarest and largest moonrock ever found) they're quickly selling out."SundanceChannel.com, Park CityUnited States |
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"There are things in life which, if attended to with half-measures, will certainly fail. Moon landings are one; books about moon landings are another; press releases about fifteen-hundred-dollar books about moon landings are another. Thank god, then, that TASCHEN is an imprint-the imprint-that does nothing by halves."NewYorker.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"Leading art book publisher TASCHEN has not let the 40th anniversary go unheralded; its book Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 is available in a limited edition of 1,969 copies....The Apollo mission's incongruous blend of the everyday and the magnificent comes alive in hundreds of photographs... It's still stunning. Yet it was also human: At the moment of the moon landing, Buzz Aldrin's wife, Joan, is captured turning her face away from the television, a blur of emotion... we haven't been back since 1972, perhaps the discovery of water on the moon will prompt a return. There's another way to touch the moon, though - 12 copies of this book come with genuine lunar rock."Los Angeles Times, Los AngelesUnited States |
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"Each of the 12 special editions come with an individual piece of lunar rock. The rock and the book are presented in a cased designed by Marc Newson one of the most influential living designers of our time...The book itself is a fascinating compilation of photographs of what has been called the most historic event of the 20th century."Luxist.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"The ultimate gift for space nerds. Uber rich space geeks...your ship has come in."FutureBlog.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"We found the gift you're looking for: The new edition of Norman Mailer's MoonFire, his epic tale of the Apollo 11 moonlaunch. The billionaire hook? This one, reissued by TASCHEN, comes in a special edition, with its very own piece of lunar rock, and a case designed by Marc Newson...The case itself has detail cues--ranging from the feet to the struts--lifted from the Apollo 11 lunar lander. It's crafted from a single piece of aluminum, and the surface is an topographical reproduction of a section of the moon's surface."FastCompany.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"You could lose hours wondering what the experience was like for those who were on board Apollo 11 to explore the mysteries of the moon. However, for all who are fascinated by the giant leap of mankind, the Lunar Rock edition can ease the stress."BornRich.org, New YorkUnited States |
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Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Mailer, Norman / McCann, Colum
Hardcover in a box + framed print, 36.5 x 44 cm (14.4 x 17.3 in.), 350 pages $ 1500.00 |
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