“Nothing is written.”
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Imagine working in what was perhaps the greatest movie ever made — and possibly the greatest that ever will be made, because virtually every scene, every shot, was done using real landscapes, real light and real people. Next, imagine playing what is arguably the greatest film role ever created, and playing that role unforgettably. And last, imagine you did all of this as your screen debut. That was Peter O’Toole. But as with so many geniuses, although he played many fine subsequent roles, O’Toole never equaled his achievement in “Lawrence of Arabia.” It is to the Motion Picture Academy’s everlasting shame that they did not award him the Best Actor Oscar. The winner that year, Gregory Peck, was excellent in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” But O’Toole was immense. His was a performance for the ages.
Incidentally, I don’t like watching video clips of the movie, because video cannot convey the experience of seeing “Lawrence” on the big — emphasis on “big” — screen. As an alternative, I offer this interview with Steven Spielberg, talking about the effect the film had on him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OX3bqRemW8U