Thoughts About Book Praising
I recently bought a book titled The Last Man on the Moon. It’s about America’s Space Race or something. I don’t know. I haven’t read it yet. I buy books based on its cover. And title.
Anyway, on the back is advanced praise by several people:
• Neil Armstrong: Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, so his praise for a book about the last man on the moon is credible.
• Senator John Glenn: Senator Glenn was the first American to fly in orbit. I’ll trust what he has to say about a book about space.
• Donald D. Engen: Never heard of him, but apparently, he’s the director of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, so he has to know what he’s talking about.
• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison: OK…Senator Hutchinson’s from Texas, home of Johnson Space Center. I guess that works…
• Tom Hanks: You’re starting to lose me here, book. I know he was in Apollo 13 and everything, but I gave you a pass with Senator Hutchinson already. This is getting kind of ridiculous.
• Ron Howard: Seriously? Ron Howard? Did Buzz Aldrin not want to read this book? How about Tim Allen, voice of Buzz Lightyear? I’m sure he had some praise to share.
So yeah. Maybe I read books based on its cover, but at least I don’t read them based on a celebrity’s praise.
