Drifting farther and farther from any hope of rescue after a band of marauding space pirates leave her defenseless ship a wreck, Lt. Nicole Shea and her desperate crew make contact, humankind's first contact, with alien life forms. Reissue."
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Gripping from first to last,
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This review is from: First Flight (Paperback)
From the opening chapter to the very last page, I was hooked. Not having read anything by Chris Claremont before, I had no preconceptions - X-men or otherwise. Fast-paced, with a heroine who is not quite perfect and therefore better for it. To baldly summarize the plot wouldn't do justice to it but I'll try: Trainee Pilot (Heroine) screws up training test; second chance leads to routine "milk run"; romance, with limitations; ambushed by space pirates with a grudge; ambush survivors find alien ship; first contact; going after the pirates; consequences. (Told you I wouldn't do it justice). The two sequels weren't quite as good (I'd give Grounded an 8 and Sundowner a 7), but I'm definitely hoping for a fourth book to find out what happens next.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
First class on all counts!,
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This review is from: First Flight (Paperback)
I went to bed planning to read a chapter or two and ended up reading untill 3am. The action grabes you and won't let go, the characters are pretty well built and the science-side (for hardcores like me) is on the spot. No teleporters and other ridiculous stuff. This book (and the sequel-Grounded) is well worth the cost. I can't wait for other books by C. Claremont
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Claremont's good at writing comics, but not novels ...,
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This review is from: First Flight (Paperback)
Chris Claremont cut his writing teeth writing X-Men for Marvel Comics. He was a fan favorite in that medium, and much of the X-Men's popularity was due, in no small part, to his work on the titles back in the late 1980's & early 1990's.
HOWEVER, in my opinion, Mr. Claremont didn't do nearly as well when he tried to cross over into writing science fiction novels. His ever present long-legged feisty & impetuous female characters with lots of 'tude & style (but not much in the way of common sense and judgement) are present, as always, but they just don't come across as well in longhand prose, sans art. They're all style and bluster, without real substance - and the limiting factor is not the author's lack of ideas ... it's his lack of writing ability in the novel format. He's brilliant in comic books, but he's out of his native turf when it comes to full length novels. Personally, I recomment avoiding his novels, and buying his classic comics instead ... you'll be far happier, and you may even recoup your investment.
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