Alan Bean Plus Four

by Tom Hanks

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

Unknown Binding

Published October 27, 2014

About the author

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, filmmaker and writer. He is known for his roles in Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail ( 1998), Cast Away (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Captain Phillips, and Saving Mr. Banks (both 2013), as well as for his voice work in the animated films The Polar Express (2004) and the Toy Story series.

Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia, and Forrest Gump in 1993, and 1994 respectively.

He has received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor both in 2016, as well as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Travelling to the moon was way less complicated this year than it was back in 1969, as the four of us proved, not that anyone gives a whoop.”

Short story published in Oct 27, 2014 The New Yorker magazine. Just long enough to make his point; short enough to enjoy at a single sitting. Enjoyable read.

“She is ever doubtful of my space-program bona fides. She says I’m always ‘Apollo 13 this’ and ‘Lunokhod that,’ and have begun to falsify details in order to sound like an expert, and she is right about that, too.”

Humorous apocryphal tale of Hanks and three friends circum-lunar space shot. Shades of Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon and C. S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet. Not letting science interfere with our imaginative fun.

“Yes, I told her, I had gone all the way to the moon and returned safely to the surly bonds of Earth. Just like Alan Bean. ‘Who?’ she said.”

[Anatoly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The New Yorker magazine has published a story by famous American actor Tom Hanks. The story talks about a company of four friends that travels to the moon in a spacecraft named after Alan Bean. Alan LaVern Bean was an American astronaut who was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.

The story mentions mobile devices and applications. The main characters are taking selfies using the Earth as a background, which can be seen in the window. The story might be classified as science fiction and maybe as a comic book.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

[Turkeyphant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Today is the day the Alan Bean orbited the moon with four people on board.

[TheBookishLadybird · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 stars