'Space' is worth a read too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_(novel)
I've got a first edition of that (and the Right Stuff). I picked up the copy of Tom Wolfe's book inadvertently by buying it (as old stock as it turned out) from a shop in Ulster. I think now, and wonder how I even found out about it in those pre internet days. Anyway, it turned up, wrapped in plain brown paper, and caused a right drama in Central Registry. I had warned them, but still got a one way discussion with FS RAFP for having the impertinence to buy a book.