16 - Friday, July 16, 1999 ~ North Shore News @ Full Moon by Michael Light, Alfred Knopf, 238 pages, $75.00. When John Glenn took his historic first flight into space he carried with him a cheap 35mm camera he had purchased him- self, because he felt it important that some photos be taken. Fortunately as the space program grew, so did NASA’s commit- ment to documenting these jour- neys. From the Apollo program, NASA has over 30,000 images. Having gained access to this vast archive, Michael Light spent four years culling from those images the 57 black and white photos and the 72 colour images in Full Moon. The book is divided into three sections, with photos of the journey to the moon, time spent on its surface, and the return trip. The pictures come from many different missions but are combined to provide a terrific overview. Incredible detail comes through in the brilliant reproductions. Most of these photos are ones we’ve never seen before and togeth- _ er they provide a amazing visual journcy, sharing - with us sights that previously only a small number of NV book store astronauts have seen. ‘The images flow unin- terrupted across the first 206 pages, followed by 32 pages of text and detailed descriptions. For those people who have looked up and wondered what the moon really looks like, here is the answer. @ The Last Man on the Moon by Eugene Cernan with Don Davis, St. Martin’s Press, 356 pages, $38.75. The moon, that white globe ever- present in the heavens, has seen only twelve visitors walk on its gray surface. At 6 p.m. Houston time on Dec. 11, 1972, Eugene Cernan and Jack Schmitt became the last astronauts in the Apollo program to visit the moon. “I slowly pivoted, trying to sce everything, and ‘was overwhelmed by the silent, majestic solitude,” wrote Cernan. For three days they explored the surface, and then on Dec. 13, 1972, Eugene Cernan climbed back aboard the Lunar Module Challenger and became the last man to stand on the moon. This book is more than the story.of one man’s transition from pilot to astronaut ~ it is a very per- sonal account of the U.S. space program from its beginning to the end of the funar missions. Along the way, Cernan provides fascinating accounts of the program’s challenges and defeats as NASA sought to achieve the goal set by President Kennedy to puta man on the moon before 1970. Cernan was there, first aboard Gemini 9 when he became the second American to walk in space, then again in Apollo 10 as they travelled to the moon, paving the way for the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and finally his own lunar landing in Apolle 17. His descriptions of the conquest of space, free of excessive technical jargon, put a very human side to the space program. A riveing story about an incredible time in his- tory, the book is as educational as it is a delight to read. — Terry Peters hosting woman adventurer @ Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard, 1999 Seal Press, 211 pp, 16 pp of b&cw photographs, $36. Gammelgaard gives us a firsthand account of the tragic circumstances surrounding the May 10 and 11, 1996 events which led to the deaths of eight climbers. _ During this 48 hour period she became the first Scandinavian woman to summit Mount Everest as a member of the Sagarmatha’ Environmental Expedition. However while team members were at the summit or beginning their descent, a massive storm hit the mountain. Five died on the North Col route and three on the South Col, including team leader Scott Fischer. As well as climbing some of the world’s highest peaks, Gammelgaard is a sailor, lawyer, psychotherapist and journalist. 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Sunday, July 25, 1999 from 10 am to 4 par Character Key for Lau From Page 15 being only dimly aware of being hungry or chirsty unzit the full plate or glass was set in front of you, and the force of your appetite overwhelmed you.” The geography of Vancouver — includin dead-on description of the Lonsdale Quay bus loop — can be raced in Choose Me by readers familiar with the city. But Lau never overtly identi- fies the location of her stcries. “¥ think it gives (the work) more of a floating quality, like some of the European novel- las,” she Says. “It sets a mood; an emotion. The surroundings are secondary.” Lau also admires the dis- section of the American mid- dle classes in novels by the. likes of John Updike'and John Cheever. “There’s something fs) compelling about marriage | and adultery,” she says. “It's 4 subject that fascinates me. It’s endlessly plunderable.” : Despite the plaudits Lau has received on an interna--. ° tional level, she remains untazed by her own success, and is even considering a tem: - porary career change." “Writing is how Li interpret ve the world,” she says, “and. thar woni’t change. But I’ve.” devoted al! my attention to it up to now. I'd love to do : something else for 2 while.” What the prodigious Ms. .. , Lau will turn her hand to next : is anyone’s guess, But you cai ” - catch her reading from Choose .: - Me on July 26 at the last ev cr instalinent of “Fool's - a Banquet” —a reading s serics - ~.and open mike night at Cafe Deux Soleil. The evening: . kicks off at 8 pm at 2096 Commercial Drive, with eh cay a ; by donation. Landscape Supplies,*West Van Fluvist Lid., *Plants Galove Garden and } 2 *Creative Bricks and Blocks and Brambles and Blooms Garden Shop. . *Tickets will be available ia Mid-June at the above acted tocalonst ; "Bay pour tickets early. Livaited namter avatlasls. For more ings, please cali: 922-2175 er 986-1234”