{"id":1312,"date":"2018-11-29T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2018-11-15T18:18:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T01:18:19","slug":"book-the-astronauts-son-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/29\/book-the-astronauts-son-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Astronaut’s Son (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Astronaut\u2019s Son
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2018
\nAuthor: Tom Seigel
\nLength: 232 pages<\/p>\n

***THIS BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY***<\/p>\n

While the modern landscape for space exploration is expanding in ways that are very exciting, it\u2019s interesting to read a story set in the early 2000\u2019s that actually accomplishes something that hasn\u2019t happened in decades: landing on the moon. And yet, this part of the plot of\u00a0The Astronaut\u2019s Son<\/em>\u00a0takes a minor role when compared with the primary thrust of the story. Sure, I would have thought that there would be plenty of things to occupy an astronaut\u2019s time in the lead-up to a significant accomplishment, but apparently, there\u2019s plenty of free time to explore the validity of a conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit that I never thought that there would be Nazi sympathizers in the space program, but\u00a0The Astronaut\u2019s Son<\/em>\u00a0brings up a few interesting and perhaps semi-plausible ideas. These\u00a0are explored via the main character\u2019s investigation as to whether his father\u2019s sudden death would was truly due to a health condition that could affect him during his own mission, or if it was due to more sinister circumstances. Despite not ever seeming to deliver straight answers, the journey was still exciting and entertaining. The story may be fictional, but there did seem to be some deep-seated elements that had the possibility of being true, thus helping to suspend my disbelief.<\/p>\n

Some of the other subplots, like the birth of a child and numerous characters\u2019 marital infidelities, were interesting for character development, even if I thought they would have affected the main plot more than they did. After all, wouldn\u2019t it be more interesting if there wasn\u2019t even a genetic link between the main character and his father after all? At any rate, I was certainly blown away by this book at first, and it wowed me with its writing and style. However, if you think too much about it, you\u2019ll start to realize there are some holes in it that can\u2019t entirely be covered up, regardless of its entertainment value.<\/p>\n

An interesting and perhaps plausible exploration of Germans and Jews in the space program, I give\u00a0The Astronaut\u2019s Son<\/em>\u00a04.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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The Astronaut\u2019s Son Year: 2018 Author: Tom Seigel Length: 232 pages ***THIS BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY*** While the modern landscape for space exploration is expanding in ways that are very exciting, it\u2019s interesting to read a story set in the early 2000\u2019s that actually accomplishes something that hasn\u2019t happened in decades: landing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,54],"tags":[1020,55,1567,1566,97,339,308,1563,1562,1565,8,1564,1560,1561],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-0-stars","category-book","tag-1020","tag-book","tag-conspiracy-theory","tag-fiction","tag-giveaway","tag-goodreads","tag-goodreads-giveaway","tag-jews","tag-nazis","tag-neil-armstrong","tag-review","tag-space-program","tag-the-astronauts-son","tag-tom-seigel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}