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Phases of Gravity

af Dan Simmons

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A New York Times-bestselling author's moving novel about an astronaut returning to Earth, and the small steps and giant leaps love requires. Richard Baedecker thinks his greatest challenge was walking on the moon, but then he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join Baedecker as he comes to grips with the son and wife he lost owing to his passion for space exploration, his forgotten childhood, and the loss he experienced during the deadly flight of the Challenger. The most difficult exploration of his life is not the cold, rocky crevices of the moon, but the warm interior of his heart. Brilliant and beautifully written, Phases of Gravity is a masterpiece about love and loss that transports readers far beyond the confines of space and time. Phases of Gravity is a thoughtful, deeply involving novel from an author who has earned numerous honors, including the World Fantasy Award for Song of Kali and the Hugo Award for Hyperion. … (mere)

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Baedecker es uno de los primeros hombres que han pisado la Luna y, treinta años después de aquel acontecimiento, se encuentra en una fase crucial de su vida. Está convencido de que algo de gran importancia va a sucederle, y siente como si toda su existencia anterior hubiera sido poco más que una engañosa simulación. Al intentar reanudar las relaciones, interrumpidas durante varios años, con sus dos compañeros del viaje a la Luna, se sorprende ante la transformación espiritual de uno de ellos y ante la muerte del otro en un incomprensible accidente aéreo. ¿Se trata de misteriosas consecuencias de su aventura lunar? El viaje de Baedecker a la India para practicar el budismo puede proporcionarle las respuestas que ansía.

Natt90 | Mar 24, 2023 |

This slender, largely understated and unpretencious novel shows Simmons at his best; it's not bloated, doesn't have irrelevant lit. crit. essays stuffed into it and quietly grips despite mostly pretty low stakes.

You go to the moon; you walk on the moon; you come back. Now what? Richard Baedecker did it as part of the Apollo programme. Years later he's drifting, divorced, estranged from his son, unable to understand the personal significance of what only 12 people have ever done. Enter the Manic Pixie Dream Girl - except she does defy the cinematic trope in a couple of significant ways. (

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Arbieroo | Jul 17, 2020 |

El ex astronauta R. Baedecker, uno de los primeros hombres que pisó la Luna, se encuentra treinta años después en una fase crucial de su vida. Tiene la impresión de que algo importante va a sucederle y de que toda su existencia anterior ha sido como una simulación. Se separa de su mujer y su hijo y viaja a la India para practicar el budismo. Sus dos ex compañeros de vuelo espacial también se han transformado espiritualmente ¿Tiene todo esto algo que ver con su aventura lunar? (

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HavanaIRC | Jul 15, 2016 |

This is the short, fictional story about one of the last Apollo astronauts to walk on the moon and how it affected the rest of his life.

Now middle-aged, Richard Baedecker has to confront the consequences of his dedication - his wife left him, he no longer knows his son and his career is a sham. He has to learn to reconnect to life on this planet before it is too late. A very engaging and well written story. (

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Karlstar | Mar 19, 2016 |

About men and boys and love. Fleetingly, in the background: aviation and space. (

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A New York Times-bestselling author's moving novel about an astronaut returning to Earth, and the small steps and giant leaps love requires. Richard Baedecker thinks his greatest challenge was walking on the moon, but then he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join Baedecker as he comes to grips with the son and wife he lost owing to his passion for space exploration, his forgotten childhood, and the loss he experienced during the deadly flight of the Challenger. The most difficult exploration of his life is not the cold, rocky crevices of the moon, but the warm interior of his heart. Brilliant and beautifully written, Phases of Gravity is a masterpiece about love and loss that transports readers far beyond the confines of space and time. Phases of Gravity is a thoughtful, deeply involving novel from an author who has earned numerous honors, including the World Fantasy Award for Song of Kali and the Hugo Award for Hyperion.

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