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Post by Sticks on Aug 13, 2005 16:27:34 GMT -4
As last month we were asked where we want the office Christmas holliday I thought I would ressurect this little discourse here on AH, instead of at BA What book / CD/DVD etc would you reccomend as a Christmas present...
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Post by echnaton on Aug 14, 2005 10:44:55 GMT -4
Here are two books by Scott Sullivan that I have thoroughly enjoyed. After a few hours with these books even Margamatix would be convinced. Virtual ApolloVirtual LM
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Post by Data Cable on Aug 14, 2005 17:36:24 GMT -4
Ordered both of these on Thursday morning. Got LM yesterday, Apollo is still on order.
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Post by echnaton on Aug 14, 2005 20:08:51 GMT -4
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Post by gwiz on Aug 25, 2005 7:28:35 GMT -4
Sticks, as a fellow Brit, you may be interested to see that Spacecraft Films DVD sets covering Apollo/Saturn and Gemini are at last being issued in Region 2/PAL format. They're certainly going on my Christmas list.
As to books, there's plenty to choose from in the Springer-Praxis and Apogee Books space series. The latter's Apollo 11 vol 3 and Apollo 12 vol 2 both include DVDs giving the EVA coverage.
Can't think of a relevant CD offhand.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 25, 2005 7:37:55 GMT -4
All the Spacecraft films DVD's are reigon 0 aren't they, at least my Apollo 11 one is and I'm sure they stated that all theirs are. Of course if anyone wants to send me a Christmas present, any of the Apollo series from there will do (well except 11. )
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Post by gwiz on Aug 25, 2005 8:01:28 GMT -4
All the Spacecraft films DVD's are reigon 0 aren't they, at least my Apollo 11 one is and I'm sure they stated that all theirs are. Hm...Amazon UK have been saying Region 1 all along. This means I needn't have been waiting. Rats.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 25, 2005 8:47:12 GMT -4
Well, I got mine straight from Spacecraft Films, but I'd assume they are the same. I'm still waiting From the Earth to the Moon to come out for Region 4.
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Post by LunarOrbit on Aug 25, 2005 11:13:12 GMT -4
There is a new special edition of "From the Earth to the Moon" coming out on September 20th... in North America at least. Maybe it will be released in all regions at the same time.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 25, 2005 11:44:34 GMT -4
fingers crossed
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golfhobo
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Post by golfhobo on Sept 25, 2005 19:47:04 GMT -4
I will probably be shot as a heretic for posting this on this board but....
Perhaps some of you might want to broaden your Universal prospective a bit and take a break from the space program. For a fascinating (and sometimes alternate) view of the cosmos, I highly recommend:
"The Soul of the Night - An Astronomical Pilgrimage" by Chet Raymo. (If it is still in print.)
"Like Blake's innocent, Raymo is seeking worlds in a grain of sand, and...finding them." - Harper's.
"Fascinating information about astronomy and ... cosmology. ...An attractive and informative backdrop for stargazing." - New York Times Book Review
"A remarkably beautiful vision ... at once scientifically informed, philosophically sophisticated, and poetically delivered." - Newport News Daily Press
"In the visionary yet intimate tradition of Carl Sagan and Lewis Thomas, The Soul of the Night joins science to the deeper, personal concerns of philosophy. It is an astronomer's odyssey through the heavens, bonding the glorious, mysterious phenomena of the night sky to the workings of the human mind and psyche. It is an exploration of how the stars reinforce our humanity, moving through the realms of mythology, literature, religion, history, and anthropology for its inspiration. Through the lyrical prose of a stargazer, the reader will learn of black holes, galaxies, constellations, comets, the moon, the nature of matter, the Big Bang, the pattern of the universe, and our place in all of it." - Prentice Hall Press.
My personal favorite is chapter 15 - The Shape of Night.
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Post by Kiwi on Sept 26, 2005 7:11:06 GMT -4
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golfhobo
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Post by golfhobo on Oct 9, 2005 19:30:03 GMT -4
Nope. Nothing at present. Should've asked me yesterday!
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