Apollo 13

Brilliant book & an easy read.The story is well known from the film, this book fills in all the missing historical aspects & tops up the known facts with plenty of in depth, behind the scenes details to build a much bigger, clearer picture.The story is gripping, despite knowing how it ends it still rolls along at pace leaving you wanting to read on.A feel for all the main characters & roles soon builds up, giving the reader a much more fulfilled story to work through.Absolutely brilliant.

I bought this book as a gift and the recipient gives it a great rating.

This is well written by Mr. Kluger, who is evidently an accomplished storyteller, though I would have liked Mr. Lovell's voice to have come through more. His seemingly effortless progression from brilliant boyhood to outstanding astronaut left me a little unsatisfied. Similarly, the characters of his two companions in the adventure remain largely unrevealed. But this is not a biography; it sets out to tell an exciting story with enough technical information and background not to overwhelm the general reader, and in this it succeeds.

Wow ! You may have seen the epic film by Director Ron Howard - this book is a fantastic companion - without being overly or too scientific - and is full of insightful detail and human characterThe story of possibly the greatest NASA achievement - the almost impossible recovery of three men against seemingly impossible oddsA very engrossing read and delighted with this purchase

I devoured this book in the space of an evening. Even though I knew the story , this book added little details and insights that made me smile. Forgive the pun but it’s a very down to earth and engaging book! Highly recommended!

A fascinating book about the near disaster of the Apollo 13 Moon mission. In fact the book covers Jim Lovell's early interest in rockets, his astronaut selection and the Apollo 1 disaster before turning to the Apollo 13 mission itself. I found the book interesting enough to hold my attention throughout recovery from a hip replacement op. The fact that the op didn't quite go to plan but ended up successful mirrored the Apollo 13 mission!I think especially if you lived through those 4 days in 1970 when the world held its breath for the crippled mission you may well find this a great read.There is also a chapter at the end which is a must-read for those who need to understand why it happened. This section is much more detailed than the film and charts all the contributory errors leading up to the explosion of the oxygen tank.Recommended for those who are interested in going deeper than the excellent Apollo 13 film.

Excellent used book. Read Neil's, Buzz's and Mike's books prior to reading this one. Mike's is fantastic with just right amount of technical info to understand the complexity of travelling to the moon. This book has an astronaut and writers input and literally has you on the edge of your seat. Superb. When men were men

Despite the title, the book covers much more than Apollo 13 - giving a first row point of view on the space race, the sacrifice and challenges behind it. A must read if you are a moon/space fan!

I have watched the movie from 1995, I did read that the film was very precise from the book and while that stands true, you can't fully absorb and understand the whole story in a 2 and a half hour screen.This book, along its 353 pages, describes the background of the Apollo 13 crisis in detail as good as Mr. Lovell and Mr. Kluger could cover it from the astronaut's memories and the information researched. Not only covers the inside of the LEM, Odyssey and Service module, but also the stressful and hard work mission control had to endure on Earth while millions of people watched on TV at the time.It really is a part of human history and I personally consider books like this one, an special personal collection item that it has printed a very interesting instant of human history.

El liderazgo de los responsables del vuelo, la determinación de los astronautas por regresar a la Tierra y la información técnica que permite al lector imaginarse todo lo que significa un vuelo espacial

About the StoryGrowing up as a child, seeing the moon, the only GK I knew about it was "Neil Armstrong"Only after watching the movie did I read up about Apollo 13.I've watched the movie multiple times over the years, read the wiki articles on the Apollo program; and was intrigued to read more in depth first hand.To give you an idea of how much un-putdownable this book has been, consider this - I started reading on a Monday evening, after work and finished the book on Friday afternoon, while going through my routine day where I would have 2-3 hours of leisure to read.About the Book QualityI purchased the second-hand book sold by Booklovers Delight.The book was in good shape, as would be expected for a 25+ year old copy - all bound properly and no damage seenGoing to come back to them and check for more second hand books that I would want.

Excellent livre, très bien écrit, qui permet de mieux connaître ce sauvetage spatial que l'excellent film de Ron Howard a fait découvrir au monde. Par contre, la version filmée est simplifiée et le livre nous montre davantage toute la complexité de l'énorme défi que représentait le retour des astronautes sur Terre.

I was 13 years old (quite the coincidence) when Apollo 13 experienced problems on its way to the Moon. Like so many young dreamers, I was riveted to the TV screen. Many years later, I watched the Apollo 13 movie directed by Ron Howard. Quite the adaptation and technical accomplishment, indeed. I was hesitant to buy this book, wondering if I would learn more than I knew already. A whole lot, actually, as it is quite different from the movie. I don't regret my purchase! I really liked Jeffrey Kluger writing style and Jim Lovell's insight. It is written like a novel about factual events. The book makes you feel as if you were stranded in the command module or the LM. You can "feel" the interactions of thousands of people in mission control working day-in day-out to bring them back home. This is a well-balanced book, i.e. not over stretching the story or plunging too much in the details or skipping over important moments of this memorable mission. This is time well spent.