Star Driver [Mass Market Paperback]

Lee Correy (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (June 12, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345289943
• ISBN-13: 978-0345289940
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,069,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An appealing fusion of Heinlein and the Tom Swift tales, August 3, 2002

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R. L. MILLER (FT LAUDERDALE FL USA) - See all my reviews
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... In this story, unpretentious but super-talented astronomer/ pilot Mike Call gets "downsized" (you'll see by his description of his stature why that's a pun) by a previous employer and lands a job in a small industry that has just stumbled upon a revolutionary invention with industrial and space flight implications. Not only that--Call finds a bona-fide nice girl as a love interest. There are some tense moments involving industrial espionage--remember, this story was written back when it wasn't trendy to see "the Feds" as villains yet. Call me a reactionary (and I'll thank you for the compliment), but it's great to read a story that has good guys as heroes rather than dysfunctional anti-heroes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite a good book I occasionally pull down and read again, April 21, 1999

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Ed Burkhead (East Peoria, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Good guy with just a Master's degree in astronomy gets laid off from his job since he doesn't have the Ph.D. union card. He does job search and gets hired for interesting research and development job that requires his abilities as engineer, astronomer, and pilot. I still like to re-read it occasionally.

5.0 out of 5 stars Romance and the Dean drive in one place, May 24, 2010

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J. R. BOATRIGHT "-_ Rick" (Topeka, KS) - See all my reviews
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I take this down and re-read it. It has romance, it has a reactionless drive, it has real science (after you allow the drive) it has engineers as heros. It has accountants as evil creeps. What's not to like?