El libro me pareció bueno, no he visto la película así que no puedo jusgarlo como lo que es realmente: La novelización de una película.Se lee rápido y no aburre. Los chistes que cuenta Willis si te sacan varias sonrisas la verdad y la historia es simplemente genial. Lo que no me gustó de este libro es el cierre, queda, a mi parecer, excesivamente abierto, no explica nada, no sabes que ocurrió con algunos de los personajes y te dá la sensación de que le faltaran capítulos al libro, lastima.En con...

Esperaba otro final, pero es entretenido.

Cute little short book... starts to get interesting when it ends!!

La historia es buena, pero pudo haberlo hecho más emocionante.

Capricorn Oneby Ron GoulartI watched this when it first came out but the only think I remember was the joke one of the astronauts said as climbing the mountain! I have been re-reading some oldies and this was handy. I couldn't remember the movie or the book much since it's been about 30+ years since I read it. The book has three astronauts heading for Mars on Capricorn One, at least that's what most people think. Even the astronauts. But they are taken away to a staging area. They are forced to

Loved the motion picture as a child. I HATE myself for not reading the book sooner. Several scenes were cut out, making the book a joy for any fan of the film. :-)

Di fantascientifico c'è solo il tema di fondo della missione NASA su Marte, trascurando questo dettaglio, l'intera storia diventa il classico thriller di complotti e spionaggio. L'autore prende eccessivamente in prestito molti elementi della "teoria del falso allunaggio" (probabilmente sviluppatasi proprio negli anni in cui il libro è stato pubblicato) applicandoli al "falso atterraggio su marte" organizzato dalla NASA (che mostra di avere mezzi per nulla invidiabili a quelli della CIA) per inga...

I remember reading this book ages ago, I thought the premise as a novel was great. The whole what if the the moon landing was faked scenario. Bit more troubling is that some believe that might be true.

This is a solid conspiracy novel that surpasses the movie which was very good IMO. The novel conveys cynicism, paranoia, disrespect and false patriotism in a tale about faking a still-unfulfilled Mars landing by American astronauts. The plot itself is a standard plot about a governmental cover-up with many evil men trying to stop the leak of their sinister plan. Making a rebellious reporter the hero falls in line with what was going on during the 'yellow journalism' period in american news repor...

Until I read this book, at age twelve or so, I thought pretty much all books were good, but some were just better than others. Then, about halfway through this, it dawned on me - This book is a piece of crap. So as terrible as it may be, at least it awoke in me some critical sensibility, for which I am grateful.

Letto in edizione italiana, stesso titolo.

This is an unusual (I believe the only other such adaptations Goulart wrote were from the original Battlestar Galactica television series) novelization of a popular film that told the story of a faked-NASA Mars expedition, an obvious play to the conspiracy theorists who were sure that the lunar expeditions never happened. As best I can recall, Goulart didn't follow the movie script with too much precision, but tossed in some wry witticisms and slants that reflected his ability to throw some humo...

Een verstrooiend verhaal gebaseerd op de film Capricorn 1. Ik raad je aan om de film op Youtube op te snorren, want het verhaal volgt de film bijna letterlijk en het scheelt je algauw 4 uur lezen. Ik begrijp ook niet helemaal wie na het zien van de film nog grote behoefte had aan het lezen van dit boekje, omdat het voor het betere begrip wat weinig toevoegt. De doelgroep is mij dan ook niet helemaal duidelijk.De clou van het verhaal is het bekende broodje aap verhaal dat de maanlandingen allemaa...

This book terrified me to no end. I always thought it was possible that this story was true. I actually saw the movie before I read the book. I happened upon the book in a used bookstore and got it and of course, read it as if I was inhaling it. It's a simple read but great.

Well it was silly, of course, but good fun for its time and period. I don't know if the UK editoin, (written I think by ken follett?) is available anywhere, but it would be interesting to contrast the two.

Sure, it's just the novelization of a screenplay but there's strong evidence that Ken Follett himself handled this assignment. If so, he did a great job at summing up the American national character. Anyway okay--this is a 'pseudo-book' in itself. Just a tie-in to a Hollywood movie. But--what a movie. Peter Hyams film, and it really grows on you over time. Think about the quality of the acting in this 'mere' little action flick. The movie holds not just one superb monologue but TWO. I wonder who...

The movie was bad and the book was passibly better, but not much.This one was "a favorite of conspiracy theorists" for a very long time. Why? Because of their mantra: "What if we never actually went to the moon, but that it was all staged at a studio in Hollywood." *chuckles* I remember going to one of the tin-hat rallies in Chicago and listening to the speaker quote almost directly from the book as if it were fact and not a satirical work of (contractually obligated) fiction.It's a silly book t...

¿Ciencia ficción?Nos preguntamos si aquél primer viaje a la Luna, fué real...El libro no es extenso, pero se lee con la intensidad de una carrera de 100m.No le falta acción, suspense y un sentido del humor, casi sarcástico.

A fast, guilty pleasure, though if I hadn’t seen the movie several times, I might not have enjoyed it as much. I could hear the voice of Capricorn Control in my head as I read the announcements. The plot was thin but the pacing was good.

This was pretty good. I liked the movie from back in the 70's and this is pretty much the movie in book form. Still enjoyed it.