Twenty articles concerning the impact of the coming space age on mankind written by the former chairman of the British Interplanetary Society and one of the most imaginative, scientifically oriented writers of space literature today. Writing with a truly universal perspective spiced with wry humor, the author gives informed speculations and reports on life on other planets, the similarities of skin-diving to space travel, human powered flight, a Martian's description of Earth, scientific evidence for the Star of Bethlehem, vacationing on Mars and the Moon, the "storing" of human beings for future duplication, the nature of flying saucers, moon geography, radio stars and the possibility of human evolutions among other subjects. All of this is in a wonderful mixture of easily assimilated astronautics, physics, astronomy, meteorology and magnetohydrodynamics. Most of these articles have appeared in Holiday, Horizon and Harpers, and gathering them in book form can only be a boon to anyone with the slightest interest in future space travel. Commenting that the shadow of coming space events is nearer to us now than the battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Clarke offers the layman a challenging conception of yet another potential of the roaring atomic age. This has broader appeal than his other books which are already standbys in bookstores and libraries.
Pub Date: June 15, 1959
ISBN: 0671821393
Page Count: 222
Publisher: Harper & Row
Review Posted Online: Sept. 20, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1959
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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