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  • GRAVITY. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    GRAVITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller - Stephen King called her books 'an automatic must-read in my house...[she is] even better than Crichton.' The film rights to this novel - about single cell organisms which evolve and become deadly and an astronaut stranded in space - were sold before this book was even published - but Gerritsen was given no credit for the film "Gravity" featuring Sandra Bullock (and very similar to the final quarter of this book) in large part because the company which bought the rights (New Line) was taken over by Warner Bros and Gerritsen was not able to prevail in a suit for breach of contract. Even more interesting,…

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    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller - Stephen King called her books 'an automatic must-read in my house...[she is] even better than Crichton.' The film rights to this novel - about single cell organisms which evolve and become deadly and an astronaut stranded in space - were sold before this book was even published - but Gerritsen was given no credit for the film "Gravity" featuring Sandra Bullock (and very similar to the final quarter of this book) in large part because the company which bought the rights (New Line) was taken over by Warner Bros and Gerritsen was not able to prevail in a suit for breach of contract. Even more interesting, the 2017 film "Life" is very similar to the first part of this novel - but still no credit to Gerritsen. SIGNED on the title page. Includes glossary. 342 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 74986
    Keywords: film controversy, medical thriller, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, NASA
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  • Harris, Ruth Bates.
    HARLEM PRINCESS: The Story of Harry Delany's Daughter.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Vantage Press Inc. (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who was the daughter of a black numbers banker in Harlem in the 1920's, who became the highest ranking woman at NASA. Includes a tribute to the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and a first hand account of the Freeman Field Incident where 101 black flying officers were arrested and charged with mutiny. She also tells of her son's struggle with AIDS and of her personal accomplishments and disappointments. Photographs. 346 pp with notes. ISBN: 0-533-088828.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 27382
    Keywords: African American History and nonfiction, civil rights movement, Freeman Field Incident, Harlem, NASA, numbers racket, Tuskegee flyers
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  • SPACE. by Michener, James A.
    Michener, James A.
    SPACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive and well-researched novel about American exploration in space, spanning the first 40 years of NASA. 622 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-505557.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (short closed tear and some creasing at top of dj spine.)

    Book ID: 42898
    Keywords: Historical Fiction, nasa
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