It's All In The Telling
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I read and reviewed two new books over the last week. They were very differently themed, but both were about the 1960s space program. They were each about subjects covered by many others in prior books. Both authors dove into dusty old archives and consulted with experts to provide new information and high levels of accuracy.
One was an interminable trudge through page after page of list-like facts, with no real thought given to what they all meant.
The other book shone with original analysis and insight.
I won’t mention anything else about the bad one. This is the good one.