The Astronaut: remembering a forgotten novel
Years ago I read The Astronaut by James Blumgarten, the story of a TV journalist searching for the truth about an astronaut who never returned from space. The novel has been on my mind ever since.
The Ambition
There’s a hashtag percolating around Bluesky: “Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.”
Of course I was in on this bibliophile social media silliness. One cov…