Back to the Moon; A Novel
New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. Advance Reading Copy [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. ix, [5], 449, [1] pages. Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels and his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator. His books have been translated into many languages. Hickam's first fiction novel was Back to the Moon (1999), which was released as a hardcover, audiobook, and eBook. To date, Back to the Moon is Hickam's only novel specifically about space. It is a techno-thriller, telling the story of a team of "spacejackers" who commandeer a shuttle. An advance reading copy, advance review copy, advance reader's edition, advance copy, or a reader's edition (ARC or ARE) is a free copy of a new book given by a publisher to booksellers, librarians, journalists, celebrities, or others, or as a contest or school prize, before the book is printed for mass distribution.
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Keywords: Space Exploration, Spacejacker, Space Shuttle Columbia, Techno-Thriller, NASA, Rocket Scientist, Renegade, Lunar Mission
ISBN: 0385334222
[Book #78194]
Price: $35.00