Editor's note: Several months ago, Homer Hickam sent me an advance reading copy of his new novel "Back to the Moon to review and for a read-through for nits, typos, etc. There were surprisingly few. As I passed my "nit list" back to Homer I said "Gee Homer, you might want to think about getting the worm off of the Shuttle in your cover art."

Alas, the publisher heeded my advice. The worm will not get to go back to the moon
- and it's my fault.