- Published: 28 July 2016
- ISBN: 9781473536685
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
An Astronomer's Tale
A Bricklayer’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Published: 28 July 2016
- ISBN: 9781473536685
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
I can heartily recommend this book as an inspiration to all public outreach volunteers as, like Gary, they too reach for the stars
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The observing tips are honed by years of experience, and Fildes excels at capturing the atmosphere at public observatories and star parties
Physics World
Kielder is a stargazer's paradise
Robert Macfarlane
Move over Brian Cox
Daily Telegraph
Gary’s story reminds us of the old saying that our destiny is not in the stars but in ourselves. He is proof that dreamers from the most unlikely backgrounds can turn their hopes into reality, if they get lucky and work hard... A moving and informative read
Sunday Times
Infectious enthusiasm . . . The Shepherd’s Life meets Brian Cox is the apposite billing for this heavenly memoir of a former Sunderland bricklayer who followed his long-cherished passion for astronomy and founded Kielder Observatory in the forest of Northumberland, now one of the top 10 places for stargazing in the world. He shares his expertise for meteors, galaxies, auroras and his favourite constellations, alternating chapters about his own transit to becoming an astronomer with an accessible, month-by-month guide to the night sky
Bookseller, Editor's Choice
The marvels of the night sky explained . . . a down-to-earth tale of a man who loves astronomy and wants to encourage us all to gaze upwards
Independent
Fildes’ plain-speak enthusiasm is infectious and his ambition far-reaching.
Compass Magazine