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The Cassandra Project [Versión Kindle]

Jack McDevitt , Mike Resnick

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Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers the secret history of the US space program…

Early in his career, Jerry Culpepper could never have been accused of being idealistic. Doing public relations—even for politicians—was strictly business...until he was hired as NASA’s public affairs director and discovered a client he could believe in. Proud of the agency’s history and sure of its destiny, he was thrilled to be a part of its future—a bright era of far-reaching space exploration.

But public disinterest and budget cuts changed that future. Now, a half century after the first moon landing, Jerry feels like the only one with stars—and unexplored planets and solar systems—in his eyes.

Still, Jerry does his job, trying to drum up interest in the legacy of the agency. Then a fifty-year-old secret about the Apollo XI mission is revealed, and he finds himself embroiled in the biggest controversy of the twenty-first century, one that will test his ability—and his willingness—to spin the truth about a conspiracy of reality-altering proportions...

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  • Formato: Versión Kindle
  • Tamaño del archivo: 624 KB
  • Longitud de impresión: 400
  • Editor: Ace (6 de noviembre de 2012)
  • Vendido por: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Idioma: Inglés
  • ASIN: B008EXK2OE
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Amazon.com: 3.0 de un máximo de 5 estrellas  59 opiniones
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3.0 de un máximo de 5 estrellas A good (not great) mystery about the Apollo moon landings 25 de noviembre de 2012
Por Jeff A. Tipton - Publicado en Amazon.com
Formato:Tapa dura|Compra verificada por Amazon
I'm a big Jack McDevitt fan and couldn't wait to get this book. I read it in one sitting, although it took all day. The book is 387 pages but is an easy read.

It's a few years in the future and NASA is close to being shut down. There is a celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo XI moon landing and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic moon landing and moon walk. The celebration is bittersweet as all involved reminisce about old times and what might have been had NASA been supported to a greater degree.

As part of the celebration NASA releases tons of archived material - audio, video, and written material - that dates from the time of the moon landings. One particular audio clip is an attention-grabber: There is an exchange between the Apollo IX (9 not 11) crew and Houston that seems to indicate that the crew is preparing to make a landing. But how can this be? This was several months before Apollo XI and Apollo IX was supposed to be a shakedown of the real moon landing. How could they be preparing to land? It's all initially passed off as just a misunderstanding or a joke between the crew and the ground. But the exchange is unmistakable - the crew clearly stated they were preparing for a landing.

What follows is a mystery as the NASA PR director, the President, and a billionaire entrepreneur (think Donald Trump) all follow separate clues to try and determine if there really was a moon landing much earlier than what history records, and if there was, why.

Pros: The book is a good mystery and has a couple of minor twists at the end you may not see coming. Without spoiling anything, one of the twists you may have had to live through the times to be able to figure out the clues. The second twist you probably won't see until it's right on top of you.

Cons: No character development at all - the book is strictly about the moon landings and the effort to uncover a secret history. The characters involved are somewhat cartoonish they are so one-dimensional. The Donald Trump character may cause you to roll your eyes a couple of times, he's so over-the-top in his disdain for the government and in his ability to get his way by throwing his money around.

The ending of the book presents a sort of question for the reader: Given the circumstances that unfolded in the book, would you make the same decision two presidents did?

You'll have to read the book to see what those two presidents did.

I rated this 3 stars because I like McDevitt and I like a good mystery, but I understand some of the 1 and 2 star ratings.
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1.0 de un máximo de 5 estrellas A major disappointment 5 de diciembre de 2012
Por Colin Barrett - Publicado en Amazon.com
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This goes along for most of the way like one of McDevitt's Alec Benedict novels, which are usually great fun. A slender thread begins it, leading to another thread, and another, and still more, and finally these tiny threads lead us to the revelation of a great and Earth-shattering result. The Devil's Eye is for me the best, but the others have also been of the same caliber, and quality.
Here you have the beginning threads, and this new one, and that, and lots of anticipation, and finally you get, at the very end, to. . . a dull thud. Both utterly unbelievable and utterly dumb. The history is nonsense, most especially the implied ancient history, and the whole thing falls dead flat. It's like Gertrude Stein said about Oakland--when you get there, there's no there there. And you wind up feeling an idiot for having followed the authors' winding path with such breathless anticipation.
Find somebody who'll at least give you a broad hint about the conclusion. Then decide for yourself if you want to waste good reading time to arrive at this particular destination.
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3.0 de un máximo de 5 estrellas Great read; terrible ending. 10 de diciembre de 2012
Por Andrew Gallatin - Publicado en Amazon.com
Formato:Tapa dura|Compra verificada por Amazon
The best part about this novel was that it read like a Jack McDevitt "Academy" series / Priscilla Hutchins novel. It has that same theme of a beleaguered, overlooked space agency looking back at a former exploration to find something that was missed, or covered up. There was the familiar hunt to locate people who were around at the time to help recover the lost secret. Except this time, the NASA is the beleaguered agency.

Like many others, I was disappointed by the ending. Without going into spoilers, I would have liked to have seen more details. It almost felt like the co-authors could not agree on an ending, and they were up against a deadline. I've read every other Jack McDevitt novel, and I don't think I've ever been disappointed by an ending until now.

All in all, I would rather have much rather have had another "Academy" or "Alex Bennedict" novel.
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