Sex on the Moon

English language

Published Jan. 4, 2011 by Doubleday.

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978-0-385-53392-8
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Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History is a 2011 book by Ben Mezrich, author of New York Times Best Seller Bringing Down the House and of The Accidental Billionaires. It retells the theft and attempted sale of lunar samples plus a Martian meteorite from a vault at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center by a cooperative education student assisted by another co-op, an intern, plus an acquaintance.The book received mainly negative reviews, criticized for its purple prose and overly-sympathetic discussion of the ringleader.

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Yes, I wish we heard from other perspectives beyond Roberts', but Mezrich spins a truly entertaining tale that takes on the fantasy-land thought process of Thad Roberts. This book is a cautionary tale of the perils of deception, showing off, risking everything for a girl, and thinking yourself above consequences. I think Mezrich doesn't so much try to make the reader sympathetic toward Roberts, as other reviewers claim, but really give a feel about how clueless and self-absorbed Roberts is. In the end, we read quite an adventure about a deluded soul who permanently squandered amazing opportunities to try to impress.