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Title: Typhoon Season by Keith Castellain Douglass ISBN: 0-515-12736-1 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Ignore the times
Comment: Typhoon Season is a good action packed book, with tensions rising between the Chinese and Americans, after a Chinese military chopper fires on an American Yacht owned by Tombstone's Uncle Phil. Story deserves 4 stars, but as the subject line refers to, too many editorial errors made in the book in regards to time, so try to ignore it and enjoy the story. Also, Mr. Douglass delves in meteorology which happens to be the field I'm in. Not bad, except Typhoons and Hurricanes are the same thing, just called different names in different parts of the world, although Typhoons tend to be stronger due to more warm water to stay over.
Back to the story. Mystery surronds each side as to why the Chinese would attack the Americans, then Americans attack the Chinese. Similar to a James Bond plot, where someone behind the scenes named Mr. Blossom is trying to get China and the U.S. into a war. Douglass provides good aerial fighting sequences, as well as, some life on the Carrier. The book finishes rather quick and seemed as if Douglass may have been rushed to end it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for a "quick fix" of military entertainment
Comment: Mr. Douglass' Carrier series are very readable and serve their purpose; entertaining while not making you think too much. I would recommend this series to the reader who likes the military drama/thriller genre. Unlike Clancy or Robinson (two of my favorite authors) whose works encompass many more pages and challenge the reader to not only keep track of many more charactors and details; Douglass reads more like the "after action report" of an incident. Like everyone there are times I enjoy a longer story with tons more back story and detail, and there are times when I just want to know the "dirty details" of a story. Mr. Douglass and his carrier series fill this need for me and I would recommend the books to any fan of the genre with the caveat of not expecting the same exacting detail and sometimes long winded verbage you might find in a Clancy or Robinson work.
Rating: 1
Summary: I guess I'm the only one
Comment: I've been spoiled by Michael DiMercurio and David Poyer because I really didn't like this book at all. There are absolutely no interesting characters; it is just a "plot book" and the action is very predictable. The campy style is hindered by the use of pilot code names and cheap thrills. I'm going to go read Kilo Class again to cleanse myself of this nonsense.
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Title: Terror at Dawn (Carrier, 21) by Keith Douglass ISBN: 0515134686 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Island Warriors (Carrier, 18) by Keith Douglass ISBN: 0515131156 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Hellfire (Carrier, 20) by Keith Douglass ISBN: 0515133485 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: First Strike by Keith Douglass ISBN: 0515132306 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Joint Operations (Carrier) by Keith Douglass ISBN: 0515129755 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 05 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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