Eric Kotani (1933–2017)
Autor de Requiem
Sobre El Autor
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Eric Kotani is a pseudonym of Dr. Yoji Kondo
Series
Obras de Eric Kotani
Orbital Base Fear 1 copia
Farewell to the Master {essay} 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Kotani, Eric
- Nombre legal
- Kondo, Yoji
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1933-05-26
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2017-10-09
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Japan
- Educación
- University of Pennsylvania (PhD|Astrophysics)
- Ocupaciones
- professor (astrophysics)
editor (Comments on Astrophysics)
astrophysicist - Organizaciones
- International Astronautical Union (Commission on Astronomy from Space)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Oklahoma
University of Houston
University of Pennsylvania
George Mason University - Premios y honores
- NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1990)
- Aviso de desambiguación
- Eric Kotani is a pseudonym of Dr. Yoji Kondo
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- Obras
- 11
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 1,285
- Popularidad
- #19,954
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 18
- Idiomas
- 1
Vintage Heinlein - with all that comes with that, good and bad.
Mr. Harriman has spent his life dreaming of space, much like the boy sci-fi readers and science club nerds that are the overtly acknowledged audience for this story. Harriman has made a career of risky investments in rocket technology, repeatedly ignoring the cautious and concerned advice of his wife, and his bets have paid off - he's a wealthy CEO of a major corporation. But now that he finally has the financial wherewithal to get to the moon, he can't. The interfering nanny state with its government regulations and well-meaning doctors, say that his elderly body is too frail: he'll never survive the rigors of space travel. But Harriman's not quite dead yet, and neither is his dream....
I think I would've found this one more emotionally affecting if I'd read it when I was younger, and still desperately dreamed of going to space. I don't anymore...… (más)