Paperback, 104 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 2008 by Penguin.
THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION, NOT THE ORIGINAL TEXT. Pearson English Graded Readers are an excellent tool to improve vocabulary, sentence structure and of course reading skills. Flexible in nature, they can be used in the classroom, at home or even during the holidays so students keep in touch with English. They are accessible to all ages from 12+ and to all levels of English because the language has been simplified to match the abilities of your students.
The book has several parts. Loved the part in the ship with the stress and helplessness. The repairs tasks are awesome. Some more abstract parts resonated less with me.
I can finally comprehend how seminal this script was. Just the fact that it was written prior to humans reached the moon. So precise and well written, hasn't aged a day!
I'd read this before, of course, and watched the film recently. I find it interesting how much of the work is still so very representative of its era (office girls, the annual income of a department head etc), the use of tape and TV etc. Still, a work with tremendous impact.
