The Loony
a novella of epic proportions
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction & Literature, Literary
| Author: | Christopher WunderLee | ISBN: | 1230000100308 |
| Publisher: | Picaro Editions | Publication: | January 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christopher WunderLee |
| ISBN: | 1230000100308 |
| Publisher: | Picaro Editions |
| Publication: | January 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Did any of it ever really happen?
Back in 1961, at the height of the Cold War and with the USSR firmly leading the space race, President John F. Kennedy vowed to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. And in 1969, history teaches, two Americans softly landed on the moon's Sea of Tranquility, immediately securing America's supremacy and launching an unparalleled space program that has lasted for almost forty years.
It was all a lie...
A lie so monumental, anyone who knows the truth is in grave danger. Dr. Albert Lochner, an astrophysicist instrumental in orchestrating the entire charade, finds himself quite possibly the last one left who knows... Only his truth doesn't seem to concur with everyone else's, from his past to his involvement in the space program to his subsequent blackmail and relegation to spanning the continent in a beat-up sedan with two G-men, Albert is caught in the meaningless purgatory of what really happened and what really is happening.
The Loony is a story in which history is a Cheshire cat, conspiracy theories fly, and the quagmire of one man's psychosis illuminates a uniquely American obsession with the gray matter of truth.
Did any of it ever really happen?
Back in 1961, at the height of the Cold War and with the USSR firmly leading the space race, President John F. Kennedy vowed to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. And in 1969, history teaches, two Americans softly landed on the moon's Sea of Tranquility, immediately securing America's supremacy and launching an unparalleled space program that has lasted for almost forty years.
It was all a lie...
A lie so monumental, anyone who knows the truth is in grave danger. Dr. Albert Lochner, an astrophysicist instrumental in orchestrating the entire charade, finds himself quite possibly the last one left who knows... Only his truth doesn't seem to concur with everyone else's, from his past to his involvement in the space program to his subsequent blackmail and relegation to spanning the continent in a beat-up sedan with two G-men, Albert is caught in the meaningless purgatory of what really happened and what really is happening.
The Loony is a story in which history is a Cheshire cat, conspiracy theories fly, and the quagmire of one man's psychosis illuminates a uniquely American obsession with the gray matter of truth.
