With La Horde du Contrevent, a science-fiction novel published in 2004 by Editions de La Volte, Alain Damasio puts down on paper indelible vocables that a pair of eyes will suffice to engrave in the flesh. La Horde is first and foremost the story of twenty-three people trained from childhood to cross the land of their flat world from one end to the other to discover the origin and nine forms of the wind. It is also - and above all - a unique object and material experience for the reader.
Passion is passed down from one generation to the next. So do injuries and mistakes. Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones) was a hero. He achieved great things in astronomy. Unfortunately, he and his crew never returned from their last expedition, the LIMA project. This prompted his son, Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), to follow in his father's footsteps. Astronaut in his turn, hero in his turn.
Vincent Heidelberg, whom nobody knows by that name and whom we'll refer to by his Twitter handle «Vicnet» (@AstroVicnet), has made a name for himself on YouTube thanks to his talents as a science popularizer, creating the «Stardust» channel. At the time of writing, the channel had 221,048 subscribers. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the Moon, we meet this videographer and parachutist who is captivated by space and airplanes.
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