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FLYING TO PIECES [Paperback]

Dean Ing (Author)

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Publisher: Forge (1997)
ASIN: B000OTNCFW

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story!!, August 5, 1998

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Flying to Pieces was an excellent book, with thoroughly deep characters and an engrossing plot. Ing weaves a masterful book together with a few special surprises in the end. Loved the name of the group, B.O.F. (Boring Old Farts)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good way to kill a rainy Saturday..., December 2, 2007

Daniel Kemp "gun-toting book junkie" (Fort Campbell, KY) - See all my reviews
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was what I thought when I found this copy in a box of donated paperbacks on my first Iraq tour. I love old WWII airplanes, goofy adventures, and grew up around my grandfather and all his WWII buddies listening to wild tales. I'd drop papers for 30 days' leave and cast my lot in with a caper like this in a heartbeat if the old guys asked. Tons of fun, but with just enough cliches to keep it from getting that fifth star.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fun comic adventure, August 16, 1997

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Ing's recent books, Spooker and Butcher Bird have been thrillers, with tension and suspence as characters narrowly escape death, capture, doom. Ing's characters share center stage with great machines. Flying to Pieces is something new: funny. The plot includes interesting machines in the form of preserved warplanes, but the story is about a group of old farts (and one grandson) off on a treasure hunt. I am reminded of Donald Westlake's comic caper novels, only here the characters might possibly be legal, trying to follow a treasure map to a hidden cache of antique planes on a Pacific island. There are lots of sidetrips and background on characters, so the book is leisurely if one is expecting a fast paced thriller, but a full sized and thoroughly enjoyable read if one wants a light hearted treasure hunt by a bunch of old farts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great escapism
Dean Ing writes the same basic story over and over. Which is not to say he is a one trick pony. Each different version is both remarkable for its quality and its attention to... Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars A crash landing.
Being the Pacific War buff that I am, I was terribly excited by Mr. Ing's latest offering. However, I found the book slow starting and not exactly sure where it wanted to go. Read more

Published on October 17, 1997

3.0 out of 5 stars The Over-the-Hill Gang Flies Airplanes
Flying to Pieces is predictable and vaguely amusing.

A dying ex-WWII pilot reveals the location of a cache of perfectly preserved Japanese planes to his geriatric pals. Read more

Published on September 17, 1997 by jps00@ibm.net

3.0 out of 5 stars This book should be more concised.
Too many blabbings. After 50 pages still going nowhere. If Mr. Ing tried to portray some of the "old farts" as he continuously reminded us, he himself should not become... Read more

Published on August 11, 1997

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Even though the city reached out westward toward Rolling Hills, Kansas, the air traffic from Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport kept Wade Lovett' s condo affordable because some folks don't like to live under an aerial on-ramp. Read the first page

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Coop Gunther, Wade Lovett, Mel Benteen, Vic Myles, Jean-Claude Pelele, Crispin Reventlo, Melanie Benteen, Elmo Benteen, Victor Myles, Chip Mason, Cris Reventlo, National Emergency, Alice Springs, Santa Cruz, President Jean-Claude, Southeast Asia, Republic of Fundabora, South Pacific, Curran Quinn, Matai Pelele, Philippine Sea, San Diego, Yohei Ohtsu, Bert Campbell, Gooney Bird

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