The horror of the 20th Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

Norman Mailer

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20th century

Author

Norman Mailer

Source

The Psychology of Astronauts Life Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Mailer, Norman. "The Psychology of Astronauts." Of a Fire on the Moon. Little, Brown and Co., 1970. Originally published in Life Magazine, 14 Nov. 1969.

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Citation

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