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''Of a Fire on the Moon'' (ISBN 0-316-54411-6, ) is a work of non-fiction by Norman Mailer which was serialised in ''Life'' magazine in 1969 and 1970, and published in 1970 as a book. It is a documentary and reflection on the Apollo 11 moon landing from Mailer's point of view. ==Writing and publication== After spending time at the space center and mission control in Houston, and witnessing the launch of the Saturn V at Cape Kennedy in Florida, Mailer began writing his account of the historic voyage at his home in Provincetown, Massachusetts during marathon writing sessions to meet his deadlines for the magazine. His account, which ran to 115,000 words, was published between August 1969 and January 1970 in three long installments—''A Fire on the Moon'', ''The Psychology of Astronauts'', and ''A Dream of the Future's Face''. In a foreword to Mailer's first installment, ''Life'' Managing Editor Ralph Graves introduced "some 26,000 words—the longest non-fiction piece Life has ever published in one issue." On February 26, 1970, after the magazine series had concluded, Mailer wrote to Apollo 11 commander, Neil Armstrong, "I've worked as assiduously as any writer I know to portray the space program in its largest, not its smallest, dimension".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Norman Mailer: Of a Fire on the Moon )〕 His account was published as a book called ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' in 1970. In the UK, it was published with its original article title, ''A Fire on the Moon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Of a Fire on the Moon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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