I retired from nasa. But i help out in certain aspects when there are launches and missions and things. T im still an advocate and supporter of helping our space program. How is your 90acre Serenity Farm in lynchburg . The farm got sold. Im doing other things involved in kids getting outdoors and believing themselves. In here is the cover of the book. Called, chasing space, an astronaut story of grit, grace and second chances. T the author and our guest is leland melvin. Booktv live coverage of the is 7th annual book festival now continues. Well hear from bestselling author, michael lewis. His most recent book, the undoing project. A friendship that changed our mind. This is booktvs live coverage. Can you hear me . Im hearing an echo. Its all good . We just found out michael is supposed to do a power point presentation. That will take us half an houred to find the power point presentation he forgot to bring. Thank you for being here. Thank you to the library of congress. Thank you to d
As a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite providers. Now on book tv we are live with bestselling author Michael Lewis. Mister lewis has written many books including liars poker, moneyball, the big short and most recently the undoing project, a friendship that changed our minds. Michael lewis, you are the author of more than a dozen bestselling books, what makes a good story in your mind, what do you look for . There is no formula. The question you just asked me, ive never really asked myself exactly. What lead me to want to write a book, you have to have a level of passion about it. Itsfinding usually, what it is , its finding an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to work in an interesting idea. B. I feel like i just had to do this if i dont do it wont get done and it should be done because the story should be dealt with. In terms of like you asked me to go to lack a class of Journali
Exactly what leads me to want to write a book because their pain in the to do. Its finding if i look back on it is finding an interesting person in a situation that will allow me to explore interesting ideas. What almost always happens is i have lots of little projects stumbling along, magazine pieces of things im investigating. Become so interesting that i think wow, such a good story, have an obligation to tell it. Thats when it becomes a book. In terms of if you asked me to go to a class of students and give them a formula to how to write a good story, i went on how to begin. Host when did you decide you wanted to make be an arthur. My career path is something on the bottom of the tv screen that says to not try this at home. Is an art history major what i first wanted to do was be an art historian. I stumbled out of college and linda by accident on wall street. I got that job very accidentally without a great deal of intention. While i was working on my princeton thesis. It was effe
Asked me i never really asked myself exactly. What lead me to want to write a book because they are a pain in the neck to do. You need a level of passion about it. Usually what it is if i look back on it it is finding a person. An interesting person in an interesting situation and explore some interesting ideas. What almost always happens is i have a lot of little projects, magazine pieces, things i am investigating, it consumes me and i get to the point, this is such a good story i have an obligation to tell it. That is the point of the book, i have to do this, it should be done because it should be told. In terms of you asked me to go to a class of journalism schools, to write a good story i wouldnt know how to begin. Host you were working for Salomon Brothers. Guest my career path, there should be something on the bottom of the tv screens at says try this in your own home. I dont think you can grasp the model on a literary career. I was an art history major in college. I wanted to i
And the academics in the policy community are always behind the curve. They are always behind the curve. Eventually after we really have screwed up, they catch up and by the time we screwed up, they understand how to do things differently but it takes an awful long time to get there. Thats the second third of the book is that story of the developing attempt which a lot of good work is being done to understand intervention and consequences of intervening in how these things can be made of counterinsurgency. The final third of whos next in terms of the threat and tries to address these things have cyberand Autonomous Vehicles and things people really want to look at in the future of war which is really not where words come from, but the book on those wars and the fiction which is one of the threats of the book the good fiction writers have been able to imagine things differently. I always think one of the great advantages in this field, the only chance you get to write about sex. Not in