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5.0 out of 5 stars
Believable and enjoyable -- a great read,
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This review is from: Marooned (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was originally authored in 1964 during the Mercury space era, and then (the version I read) was rewritten in 1969 to bring tech up into the Appollo era. Briefly this is a novel about 3 Apollo astronauts stranded in orbit, oxygen depleting, in a malfunctioning spacecraft. There is a rescue effort. I won't spoil any of the story by providing additional detail. Just a great job by Martin Caidin. The book is technically right on and very credible. Caidin also showed uncanny ability to "write about the future". Very technically competent. And - dealing with creating characters for his novel, Caidin gave us real people. Flawed and sometimes unsure. None of the cliche' superheroes with unrealistic superhero names that so turn me off in much of popular writing (including eminent names like Clancy and Coonts . . . Caidin is better). As a bonus, the book is educational. Everything from basic aeronautics, aero-history, and military test piloting - - to the functioning of NASA, and the science of earth orbit. Great stuff and well presented. I hate starting novels, this one included. By 1/3 through, I was starting to enjoy it. I had to read the last 1/3 in a single sitting because I couldn't put it down. If you enjoy aviation/space fiction, based in reality, you'll really like this one.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Marooned - 1969 version,
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This review is from: Marooned (Mass Market Paperback)
Caiden's Marooned is a case where three astronauts on a vehicle that looks like Skylab (1974-1975) get marooned in space when the Apollo's SPS engine does not fire and brings them back to earth. The ins and outs of the US space program are a backdrop to the novel.
Marooned 1969 is the 2nd with this name. The first, written in 1964, concerned a marooned Mercury astronaut whose retro rockets failed to fire. Caiden then describes the US effort (via a Gemini spacecraft) and the Russian (via a Vostok) to rescue him. The 1969 book updates the hardware and concepts very accurately and with amazing foresight. Caiden is one of the first writers to take current hardward and concepts and write fiction to it...very realistic with novels easy to read. I have to beleive that Tom Clancy took a page out of Caiden's books. I highly recommend the book. If you are a fan of the US space effort, this is like eating ice cream. Fun read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Close to the real thing,
By bitflip "bitflip" (Huntsville Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marooned a Novel (Hardcover)
This book come close to how the real US space program works.
It's has sufficient detail to make it close. Good story. Cheers! Formar Space Shuttle Project Manager
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