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===''Of a Fire on the Moon''. Boston: Little, Brown, 11 January; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 3 September, with a different title: ''A Fire on the Moon''. Nonfiction narrative, 472 pp., $7.95.=== | |||
Dedication: “For [[Susan Mailer|Susan]], for [[Danielle Mailer|Dandy]], for | Dedication: “For [[Susan Mailer|Susan]], for [[Danielle Mailer|Dandy]], for {{sic|Betsey|expected=Betsy Mailer}} and [[Kate Mailer|Kate]], for [[Michael Mailer|Michael]] and [[Stephen Mailer]].” Because both the American and British editions carry a 1970 copyright date, and advance excerpts appeared in 1969 and 1970, there has been confusion about the precedence of these editions, and the actual dates of publication, which are as stated above. Nominated for the National Book Award in the sciences category. Rpt: {{NM}}’s three-part series in ''Life'' on the 1969 moon shot ([[69.81]], [[69.83]], [[70.1]]) was incorporated, with major revisions, into ''Of a Fire on the Moon''; [[98.7]] (partial). See [[69.34]], [[72.7]]. | ||
{{cquote|Nonetheless, he might be in superb shape to study the flight of Apollo 11 to the moon. For he was detached this season from the imperial demands of his ego; he could think about astronauts, space, space programs, and the moon, quite free of the fact that none of these heroes, presences, and forces were by any necessity friendly to him. No, he felt like a spirit of some just-consumed essence of the past, and so finally took the liberty to christen himself Aquarius.|author=Mailer |source=71.1}} | {{cquote|Nonetheless, he might be in superb shape to study the flight of Apollo 11 to the moon. For he was detached this season from the imperial demands of his ego; he could think about astronauts, space, space programs, and the moon, quite free of the fact that none of these heroes, presences, and forces were by any necessity friendly to him. No, he felt like a spirit of some just-consumed essence of the past, and so finally took the liberty to christen himself Aquarius.|author=Mailer |source=71.1}} | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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===Reviews=== | |||
* {{cite magazine |last=Bell |first=Pearl K. |date=February 8, 1971 |title=The Power and the Vainglory |url= |magazine=New Leader |pages=16–17 |publisher= |access-date= }} Negative. | * {{cite magazine |last=Bell |first=Pearl K. |date=February 8, 1971 |title=The Power and the Vainglory |url= |magazine=New Leader |pages=16–17 |publisher= |access-date= }} Negative. | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=DeMott |first=Benjamin |date=January 16, 1971 |title=Inside Apollo 11 with Aquarius Mailer |url= |magazine=Saturday Review |pages=25–27, 57–58 |publisher= |access-date= }} Mixed. See [[71.8]]. | * {{cite magazine |last=DeMott |first=Benjamin |date=January 16, 1971 |title=Inside Apollo 11 with Aquarius Mailer |url= |magazine=Saturday Review |pages=25–27, 57–58 |publisher= |access-date= }} Mixed. See [[71.8]]. | ||
* {{cite news |last=Dickstein |first=Morris |date=January 10, 1971 |title=A Trip to Inner and Outer Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/10/archives/of-a-fire-on-the-moon-by-norman-mailer-472-pp-boston-little-brown.html |work=New York Times Book Review |pages=1, 42–43, 45 |access-date=2018-12-18 }} Positive. | * {{cite news |last=Dickstein |first=Morris |date=January 10, 1971 |title=A Trip to Inner and Outer Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/10/archives/of-a-fire-on-the-moon-by-norman-mailer-472-pp-boston-little-brown.html |work=New York Times Book Review |pages=1, 42–43, 45 |access-date=2018-12-18 }} Positive. | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=Parker |first=James |date=July 2019 |title=A Work of Art Designed by the Devil |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mailer-on-the-moon/590629/ |magazine=The Atlantic |pages= |access-date=2019-10-17 |ref=harv |quote=Dispatched by Life magazine to cover the Apollo 11 mission, Norman Mailer saw the lunar landing not as a triumph for mankind but as evidence of our hubris. }} Positive. | |||
* {{cite magazine |last=Poirier |first=Richard |date=January 23, 1971 |title=Ups and Downs of Mailer |url= |magazine=New Republic |pages=23–26 |publisher= |access-date= }} Mixed. Rpt: Braudy (1972); partial in Poirier (1972). | * {{cite magazine |last=Poirier |first=Richard |date=January 23, 1971 |title=Ups and Downs of Mailer |url= |magazine=New Republic |pages=23–26 |publisher= |access-date= }} Mixed. Rpt: Braudy (1972); partial in Poirier (1972). | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=Sisk |first=John P. |date=May 1971 |title=Aquarius Rising |url= |magazine=Commentary |pages=83–84 |publisher= |access-date= }} Positive. | * {{cite magazine |last=Sisk |first=John P. |date=May 1971 |title=Aquarius Rising |url= |magazine=Commentary |pages=83–84 |publisher= |access-date= }} Positive. | ||
===Essays=== | |||
* {{cite journal |last1=DePolo |first1=Nicole |date=2012 |title=A Philosophical Launch: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' Ignites into ''Moonfire'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=6 |issue= |pages=275–287 |doi= |access-date= }} | * {{cite journal |last1=DePolo |first1=Nicole |date=2012 |title=A Philosophical Launch: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' Ignites into ''Moonfire'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=6 |issue= |pages=275–287 |doi= |access-date= }} | ||
* {{cite journal |last1=Glenday |first1=Michael |date=2015 |title=Fly Boys and Angels: Mailer on the Moon |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=9 |issue= |pages=119–132 |doi= |access-date= }} | * {{cite journal |last1=Glenday |first1=Michael |date=2015 |title=Fly Boys and Angels: Mailer on the Moon |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=9 |issue= |pages=119–132 |doi= |access-date= }} | ||