All Up, J.W. Rinzler
All Up, J.W. Rinzler
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All Up

Author: J.W. Rinzler

Narrator: Paul Woodson

Unabridged: 18 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2020


Synopsis

J. W. Rinzler combines actual and speculative history in a sweeping re-creation of the dramatic race to develop rockets, dominate the skies over Earth, and explore our Solar System—an epic that rages through World War II and culminates with the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.

All Up plunges listeners into the cloak-and-dagger espionage and blitzkrieg battles of World War II that swirled around rocketry; it introduces them to extraterrestrial phenomena, secret organizations, and the nail-biting missions launched from Cape Canaveral—as well as the secrets and unknown history behind Apollo 11's legendary trip to the Moon.

All Up tells the incredible true story of Nazi Germany's Wernher von Braun, Soviet Russia's Sergei Korolev, and America's Robert Goddard as they work feverishly to fulfill their countries' technological, military, and geopolitical objectives. Alongside the Space Age history is the strange but well-documented trail of UFOs—one that leads to a desperate struggle in the highest corridors of power. Who will control the alien technology for their hidden agendas during the Cold War? Secret services compete worldwide in that ruthless game—and no one is a more deadly player than the mysterious agent named Rachel, hot on the trail of war criminal, former SS Brigadeführer Hans Kammler.

About J.W. Rinzler

J. W. Rinzler has authored more than twenty books, including The Making of Star Wars, The Complete Making of Indiana Jones, and the #1 bestselling graphic novel The Star Wars. His books have been translated into seven languages, with more than 600,000 copies in print. A prolific writer who worked closely with George Lucas, he was executive editor at Lucasfilm for fifteen years.


Reviews

As usual, Goodreads doesn’t let me do half stars so this is 3.5 rounded up. There are some legit good elements here and an excitingly paced ending. Unfortunately, it needed a stronger hand at the editing stage to help Rinzler trim and focus. So many characters that motivations get muddled and the mai......more

Goodreads review by Scott

Wernher von Braun gave President Kennedy a tour of his rocket assembly plant in Alabama. A few years earlier, he had given the same tour to President Eisenhower. Remarkably, several years earlier, he gave a tour of his rocket assembly plant to Adolph Hitler at a place called Peenemünde. This extraor......more

Goodreads review by Andy

3 1/2. The SF elements never seemed to go anywhere. Would have been better to just be a historical novel.......more

Goodreads review by Jon

TLDR; an interesting read, but it meanders and focuses on the wrong people. Read it if you're into alternative history and light hearted conspiracy theories, but don't expect much from the characters. Review: I liked it, I found it entertaining, but I took away two stars for a couple of issues. 1st: Th......more

Goodreads review by mabuse

RIP J.W Rinzler (August 17, 1962 – July 28, 2021) This book has its issues for sure, its jumps around a lot, the actual fiction/writing side of it can be a bit lacking at times, its a bit long in the tooth, but its also big, ambitious, and should be of interest to any person who likes the historical......more