Too Far From Home
A Story of Life and Death in Space
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Too Far From Home
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Narrated by:
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Erik Davies
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By:
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Chris Jones
About this listen
An incredible true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all - outer space
For a special breed of individual, the call of space is worth the risk it entails: men such as US astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, who in November 2002 left on what was to be a routine 14-week mission maintaining the International Space Station.
But then, on February 1, 2003, the Columbia exploded beneath them. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride home.
Too Far from Home chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth.
Chris Jones writes beautifully of the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.
©2007 Chris Jones (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
As Someone Else Has Stated : This is a reprint of the book Out Of Orbit. Be Aware.
Good but not what I expected
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for me I couldn't put it down.
Too Far from Home
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A superb listen to a overlooked situation.
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Honest and open about reality of space.
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moving tale
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Would you consider the audio edition of Too Far From Home to be better than the print version?
Yes, far better. Try reading the book when you're driving.Would you listen to another book narrated by Erik Davies?
Why not?If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
'Not as good as The Right Stuff'.Any additional comments?
It was a good middling book. Some good insights into life about the ISS and into the life of someone who belongs to a group / organisation I admire. There are no jaw-dropping revelations though. The book's interesting, rather than gripping.An interesting insight into life in space
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Space - the inside story.
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If you could sum up Too Far From Home in three words, what would they be?
Fascinating full of information for the enthusiastWhat did you like best about this story?
It has so much information about both the US and Russian space programsWhat about Erik Davies’s performance did you like?
very good reading, very funny when he tries to imitate a Russian accentWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the end was excellentAny additional comments?
this book is very interesting if you like space exploration and would like to know about it's history.Excellent book
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Gripping account of a long stay ISS mission
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So many interesting facts and lots of information about life on the ISS, astronauts, cosmonauts and the interactions between them, their families and their land-bound colleagues.
It 'reads' like a page-turner, but has moments of 'poetry' in its narrative as it seeks to illustrate the experience of being thrust into the vacuum of Space.
Loved it!
Fantastic
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