Freedom Flight (Wing Commander) [Mass Market Paperback]

Paul Alexander (Illustrator), Mercedes Lackey (Collaborator), Ellen Guon (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1992

One of BAEN's biggest stars and a Team Leader from Wing Commander collaborate on a tie-in to this all-time bestselling computer game, in which a disreputable gang of misfits teams up to free a world. Wing Commander is the top-selling SF interactive computer game available. Wing Commander II sold over 100,000 copies in 60 days, making it one of the fastest-selling computer game products ever.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Baen (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671721453
• ISBN-13: 978-0671721459
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #718,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Takes place towards the secret missons of Wing Commander 1, August 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Freedom Flight (Wing Commander) (Mass Market Paperback)

Finnaly! Something about WIng Commander that is not circled around Christopher Blair. Austrailian pilot Ian "Hunter" St. John is the kind of pilot who will go against odds and fight a fleet of Kilrah pilots by himself! and succeeds! But this time he is caught up in something that even he is afraid of. A race of bird like aliens called Firekkans are going to sign a treaty with the Terran Confederation, but the Kilrathi are planning to invade the sector and go on a killing spree for some religous reason dealing with the Kilrathi war god Sivar. What is going to happen? you are going to have to read to out. -KilrahKiller

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the greatest, but it is still Wing Commander..., January 18, 2000

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Dralthi5 (Indianapolis, IN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom Flight (Wing Commander) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've never played the first Wing Commander, so Freedom Flight gave me an insight into what the first installment of the game series was like. The space battles were not great, however, they were a little mediocre, but over all the book was pretty good, but nowhere near my favorite in the series.

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Wing Commander universe and enjoy every line., September 2, 1998

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Georgiadis Pelopidas - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom Flight (Wing Commander) (Mass Market Paperback)

What makes a book great is how it's writer accomp- lishes a certain goal. And this book is great from all aspects: Two dimensional PC game heroes become multi-dimensional and the characterisations are in depth, not too much though to alter the character of the book (viz from sci-fi space adventure to psychological thriller). Then the scenes flow, not too fast (not in a movie type style) but have a certain tempo that makes the book flow without the so called "readers' stress". The authors' language is picturous and simple, avoiding too much litera- ture in shake of steady flow and positioning of the reader right were the scenes are drawn. The plot on the other hand is simple and straightfor- ward, not original, yet it holds the twists that make the reader wanna go on reading the next scene or chapter. Taking into consideration that this book is written in a custom way (meaning that the authors were surely given the plot hints and some of the back- and side story) it is not a novelised script (with all the defects meant) but a well conceived novel that can also stand alone, without any sponsorpship. Yet, we, the Wing Commander fans are thankfull to this sponsorship. Finally, the book becomes an essential to all Wing Commander fans, as it is a job very well done.