Night Launch [Hardcover]

Jake Garn (Author), Stephen Paul Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1989

A techno-thriller by the first member of Congress to go into space. Set in the 1990's and questions whether a joint space mission might result in WWIII

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co; 1st edition (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688067174
• ISBN-13: 978-0688067175
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,149,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable space techno-thriller., February 24, 2011

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AReader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Launch (Paperback)

I found this an enjoyable space thriller with a great insight from someone who actually flew the shuttle. The suspenseful setup and pacing were great, as were the characters, and the tense buildup throughout kept me reading and guessing. It wrapped up a little too quickly for me - hence me giving it only four stars - I would have liked the climactic end to have been given as much attention as some of the buildup. But that may just have been me. Overall, a good read.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for Me, April 9, 2002

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John G. Hilliard (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Launch (Hardcover)

It takes a lot of time (or it seams that way) to get through this book. I do not know what slowed me down more, was it the disjointed writing or the plot that seamed to just be thrown together. The highlight was the interesting details of NASA, which come from the author. I only made it about half way into the book. There are many better books out there.

3.0 out of 5 stars Space Shuttle and terrorism from a legislative point of view, June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Night Launch (Hardcover)

Back in the late 1980's, the Space Shuttle program was all the rage as the topic of stories and movies. What make this novel unique was that a Senator and space advocate wrote it (mostly). Beyond that uniqueness, with it's intricate real experience detail, Night Launch is just another technothriller.