[pfflier]

Isn't The Right Stuff one of his works? If so, it is one of the most epic books I have ever read.

[Pelham]

“Isn’t The Right Stuff one of his works? If so, it is one of the most epic books I have ever read.”

It is. The one that the movie is based upon.

I like the fact that the movie has Real Chuck Yeager playing a bit part.

[Rummyfan]

The Electric Kool-Ade Acid Test
The Painted Word
The Right Stuff
The Bonfire of the Vanities
A Man in Full
I Am Charlotte Simmons
Back to Blood

To name a few....

[JennysCool]

The Right Stuff was genius writing. Engrossing, sometimes thrilling, sometimes sad, often very funny. And based on sometimes-unbelievable fact. He made legends of men, while making sure to keep them human.

[Yardstick]

I can still remember the visuals that some of the scenes in that book conjured in my mind. Just very vivid writing. Something about the “lava” from the ejection seat boost motor remnant which was tangled in the test pilot’s parachute lines melting through the faceshield of his helmet and burning into his eye socket. He’s just sort of coolly dealing with this series of unbelievable problems starting with his plane losing control and then parachuting down to the desert.