What can I say about this book? The writing was superb. In some places it followed the thoughts of the astronauts/cosmonauts; in other areas, it was like a flow of consciousness. I think that part of the appeal of this book is that the people depicted, those that we would see as heroes, were experiencing the same thoughts and emotions as everyman in ordinary lives. I know that I've experienced the same thoughts of wonder when in the middle of the ocean on a darkened ship and also in the solitude of the Antarctic with few people around. Though the thoughts were mundane, the descriptions were more lyrical than anything I would ever produce. I couldn't read more than a few pages of this book in one sitting because I needed time to process what I had read - something I don't normally require. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing...I'm not even sure that I liked it.
