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suziqoregon 's review for:
The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
I've seen the movie version of this multiple times but it's been many years. A friend of mine recommended this audio edition and I decided to read it when I figured out it would count for my nonfiction challenge 'Book by a Journalist' category.
At the beginning, I wasn't too sure about Dennis Quaid's narration. Quaid played Gordon Cooper in the movie so having him do the narration seemed to feel right. The problem was that at times, he seemed a bit over exuberant and other times the volume of his voice would drop and it seemed like he was swallowing his words. I stuck with it and fairly quickly got used to his narration style and I'm glad I listened to it rather than reading a print edition. Wolfe's writing style is almost conversational so having someone narrate it in the way Qauid chose to makes sense.
Although I knew much of the story from the movie and other sources, I still enjoyed hearing it. It made me want to watch the movie again. It's a classic in nonfiction about spaceflight and well worth a read. Wolfe has taken some valid criticism for his implications that Gus Grissom was at fault for the hatch blowing after splashdown of his Mercury capsule. Take that portion of the book with a grain of salt because it's at odds with what is now considered true.
At the beginning, I wasn't too sure about Dennis Quaid's narration. Quaid played Gordon Cooper in the movie so having him do the narration seemed to feel right. The problem was that at times, he seemed a bit over exuberant and other times the volume of his voice would drop and it seemed like he was swallowing his words. I stuck with it and fairly quickly got used to his narration style and I'm glad I listened to it rather than reading a print edition. Wolfe's writing style is almost conversational so having someone narrate it in the way Qauid chose to makes sense.
Although I knew much of the story from the movie and other sources, I still enjoyed hearing it. It made me want to watch the movie again. It's a classic in nonfiction about spaceflight and well worth a read. Wolfe has taken some valid criticism for his implications that Gus Grissom was at fault for the hatch blowing after splashdown of his Mercury capsule. Take that portion of the book with a grain of salt because it's at odds with what is now considered true.