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“Can you hear me, Major Tom?” (David Bowie’s Space Oddity as a children’s book)

August 29, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

The sad story of Space Oddity, by David Bowie, illustrated by Andrew Kolb.

Download here or here. (links updated 2015/09/12)

DAVID BOWIE-INSPIRED CHILDREN’S BOOK
For my own jollies
Have you ever listened to a song and your mind’s eye is immediately filled with visuals?
David Bowie’s classic space epic is one such song for me. Every lyric paints such a vivid picture that I figured “Oh hey, I guess I’ll make that into a children’s book!” Yes, I talk like this.
Although I haven’t heard from Mr. Bowie (yet), why wait to share the full book?

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Comments

  1. Lukas says

    September 6, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    Links are not working so I’ve checked the Andrew Kolb’s web.. seems that recording company banned the publication. The name and all the text is removed..

    http://www.kolbisneat.com/spacebook.htm

  2. fosco lucarelli says

    September 12, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Thanks for the informations. Anyway you could still read the book in its entirety at this address: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0JMMh7qbFeZQ0tXbWFQRHd4V00/view?pli=1

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