He has definitely captured the spirit of this exciting period in American history which faced both the challenge to reach out to the stars and the changing social landscape back on earth. Most of the events described are actual ones, although he did add a mission to both the Gemini and Apollo programs.įans of Michener or epic novels in general will definitely enjoy this one. Michener's fictional characters and locations are mixed in with real people who took part in the events in the novel. Michener follows his usual style of following a particular plot line for a few paragraphs or pages and then shifting to another set of characters for a bit and then on to another, gradually telling a massive story that covers decades and dozens of characters. As the novel progresses these individuals paths begin to cross as each is drawn into the American space race. SPACE opens in the final days of WWII and introduces the reader to four very different men, a young engineer on assignment in Europe, a courageous Naval Captain on duty in the Pacific, an American high school football hero with his eyes on the stars and thirty-seven year old German mechanical genius working at a top secret rocket installation.
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