Difference is, the kinds of imaginings that Krakauer evokes in his book "Into Thin Air" are less fantastic than nightmarish. Skip to main content Spokane, Washington Est. May 19, 1883 ...

The book Into Thin Air is a riveting, on-the-mountain account of the calamitous disaster that claimed eight lives on Mt. Everest in 1996. Though the event it depicts is the same, that book was not ...

Into Thin Air. May 3, 2003 More than ... (it is clear that no rational explanation will be forthcoming) seems crassly unsuited to the book's subject, a kind of Robert Coover Lite.

Richard K. Morgan's "Thin Air" moves Mars stories forward into a realistic cyber-noir future. News. ... Maybe they should read this book — it shows in some detail how we could live in such an ...

Into Thin Air is Krakauer’s first-person account of the deadly 1996 climbing season on Everest, when 12 people died on the mountain, the most in a single season up to that date. Krakauer joined ...

Then there were times when his "Into Thin Air" was such a phenomenal best seller that Krakauer had 1,500 people turn out in places such as Kansas City to hear him read from his riveting account of ...

“Into Thin Air” chronicles the events of 1996, in which eight climbers were caught in a blizzard on Mt. Everest, ... “Everest” is not based on Krakauer’s book, ...

Book Review: Into Thin Air. One of the best narratives I’ve come across lately, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is a must-read for adventure seekers and dreamers alike.