ROD PYLE BOOKS


Also, see my production company website:

"Destination Moon" is available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Border's Books, The Smithsonian Press and the online departments of Walmart, Target, and other fine outlets.

Continuing into 2009, Rod Pyle and Cinema Pacific present the Veria TV production of "Feng Shui Living," a 13-part series exploring this ancient Chinese art.
"FSL" runs on the Veria TV Network on satellite and cable.

"In Their Own Words: The Space Race" is still available from selected resellers.

"Beyond the War of the Worlds" on The History Channel. Check local listings for repeat times.

"War Without Mercy" presents a searing look at the Battle for tarawa in 1943. Coming soon!

NEWS: Rod Pyle authors new Carlton Books title, "The Moon Exploration Experience," a multimedia book which includes over 30 artifacts of the exploration of Earth's nearest neighbor. Available in July 2009.


Rod Pyle

         Where science is an art.


Few of us have a chance to do what we really love and get paid for it. After years of working in many industries, including television, new media, academia and others, I have settled upon documentary production and writing. From this has come a rare opportunity to write books, the first two of which appear to the left. And I realize that the chance to create them is a blessing. I hope you enjoy them.

Like many of my generation, I was enthralled by the flights of Mercury, Gemini, and especially Apollo. As those ghostly images came down from the moon, improving on each flight, I stayed home from high school to savor every moment the networks were willing to show us (at the expense of the daytime soaps, which eventually won the airtime battle). As I grew older and matured into a career and family life, fond memories of NASA's "Golden Years" stayed with me. And then came the opportunities to write first "In Their Own Words: The Space Race" (an 8-hour audiobook), and later, "Destination Moon." In both cases the publishers were a delight to work with and in both cases the product is, I hope, something that will impart to you the thrill of reliving those experiences. Please feel free to share your thoughts after you read or listen to them.

Now, read on!




FAVORITE LINKS



Tour my alma mater, Stanford University. Beat Cal!
 


Visit the Project Apollo Archive for all things Apollo! The best multimedia galleries around.
 


If in Rochester, NY, visit the Strasenburgh Planetarium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center... and be sure to say hello to it's director, Steve Fentress, and old friend.
 


Be sure to visit the Kansas Cosmosphere... the best space museum you never heard of.
 


... and if in Los Angeles, visit the newly revamped Griffith Observatory, where it all began for me.
 


Selected Works

REALITY TV
FENG SHUI LIVING
Rod is the executive producer, writer and director of this new 13-part lifestyle series.
SCIENCE HISTORY
DESTINATION MOON
An exploration of the Apollo moon program, from the astronauts' perspective.
TELEVISION
Beyond the War of the Worlds
A one-hour special for The History Channel packed with incisive interviews and stunning special effects that illuminates this 100 year-old tale of interplanetary invasion.
WHOLESALE DVD
The War of the Worlds: Breaking News
A one-hour special about the invasion from above as experienced by a local TV news station. Campy fun!



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