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Title: Skyhook by John J. Nance ISBN: 0-399-14980-5 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 31 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Just "OK," I am afraid
Comment: This was very slow to start for me, and as the book progressed from the cockpit, to the Pentagon, to the ocean, to the courtroom, to the White House I kept thinking "So what?"
Its a little implausable that a pilot who "just happens" to be flying in a top secret military test zone gets wrapped up in the plot they way he does, and that it gets elevated to the level it does - just for the sake of reinstating his pilot's license?
Pretty far fetched in terms of the story, but I enjoyed the technical side of the plot - as flawed as it was.
A decent read, but I never really did buy in...
Rating: 5
Summary: a well written little gem
Comment: Nance, as in his other novels, creates credible scenarios with sufficient techno-whiz that he is not forced into plotting that relies solely on Hollywood special effects to carry the drama. Nance starts with a plausible premise, then fleshes out the technical details - be they aviation or legal - to lead the reader toward a pleasantly surprising end. And to his credit, his use of language is, even with the more technical details. natural, unforced, yet still with considerable verbal style. It's a short, sweet read, from an author who respects his audience enough to research details and get them right without resorting to superficial treatments that annoy the more knowledgeable. The least credible detail? I don't believe his fictional software team would have made the mistake ascribed to them, although I defer to Nance's Gulfstream avionics that may have caused their mistake.
Rating: 1
Summary: What a bore!
Comment: I loved John Nance's first few books, but his previous one, and now this one, have zero thrill! I still have a few chapters to read in Skyhook, and if I lost the book and never got to finish it, I truly wouldn't care. I don't like the characters...and therefor don't care what happens to them. What ever happened to the old John Nance that could write a book that you just couldn't put down? This is the last one that I will pay for!!
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Title: Fire Flight : A Novel by John Nance ISBN: 0743250508 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Turbulence by John J. Nance ISBN: 0515134864 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Headwind by John J. Nance ISBN: 0515132624 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Scorpion Strike by John J. Nance ISBN: 0449222217 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Last Hostage by John J. Nance ISBN: 0312966393 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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