Interesting bit of SF.

[kengr]

There's obscure SF book that is about an interplanetary race. It's called the Armstrong Classic after the first man to land on the moon.

Nothing strange there, right?

Except the book is copyright 1952, and has Major Armstrong landing on the moon in 1964. and the first Armstrong Classic is in 2000.

The book is Rocket Jockey by Phillip St. John (a pen name of Lester del Rey).

Comments

[mdlbear]

I remember reading that book a l o o o o n g time ago.

[kengr]

I read it before Apollo 11 (probably more than once). And I've read it a few times since.

The book is available at the Internet Archive for free.