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Summary: What a long strange trip!
Review: As usual the arrival of a Mack Maloney novel resulting in my dropping out of life until I had finished it. Then, I'm disappointed about how long I'll have to wait for the next one.This volume finds Hawk hot on the trail of his quest to learn who he is and where he's from. Or, is there more to this? OK, so the plots suffer from recycle - the reviewer mentioning The Circle War has it right; there's a lot of similarities to it here - but whoever said we're reading this for its literary content? We read this because we like action, and we like the idea of a good guy winning. It's been said that Ronald Reagan was so effective as President because he made us feel good about being Americans again. Hawk Hunter does the same! Face it, if you've read one of these, you want to read them all! Do not miss this one!
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Summary: What a long strange trip!
Review: As usual the arrival of a Mack Maloney novel resulting in my dropping out of life until I had finished it. Then, I'm disappointed about how long I'll have to wait for the next one. This volume finds Hawk hot on the trail of his quest to learn who he is and where he's from. Or, is there more to this? OK, so the plots suffer from recycle - the reviewer mentioning The Circle War has it right; there's a lot of similarities to it here - but whoever said we're reading this for its literary content? We read this because we like action, and we like the idea of a good guy winning. It's been said that Ronald Reagan was so effective as President because he made us feel good about being Americans again. Hawk Hunter does the same! Face it, if you've read one of these, you want to read them all! Do not miss this one!
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Summary: Another excellent book
Review: Here we are, the second book of Hawk Hunter's--"The Wingman"--trials and adventures in the 7200s and the Fourth Empire, and already this series is showing definate promise. While it seems essentially the same kind of storyline in the "Wingman" series, I've no doubt it'll be enjoyed by both "Wingman" fans, as well as newcomers. The readers of this book will no doubt be amused at a scene that is a take-off of a climactic Star Wars movie scene. In it, Hawk Hunter discovers the mythical, but no less real, Home Planets, only to find civilizations who know nothing solid about their true origins. On Planet America, Hawk will begin to learn the truth of the injustices forced on his fellow Americans...
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Summary: Another excellent book
Review: Here we are, the second book of Hawk Hunter's--"The Wingman"--trials and adventures in the 7200s and the Fourth Empire, and already this series is showing definate promise. While it seems essentially the same kind of storyline in the "Wingman" series, I've no doubt it'll be enjoyed by both "Wingman" fans, as well as newcomers. The readers of this book will no doubt be amused at a scene that is a take-off of a climactic Star Wars movie scene. In it, Hawk Hunter discovers the mythical, but no less real, Home Planets, only to find civilizations who know nothing solid about their true origins. On Planet America, Hawk will begin to learn the truth of the injustices forced on his fellow Americans...
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Summary: Buckets of Imagination !
Review: I don't usually seek out science fiction, but I've learned that Mack Maloney brings more to the genre than anyone since Douglas Adams. The first two "Starhawk" books have established all the legs needed for an inspired series...I look forward to many more.
Maloney's imagination is stuck on wide open...his story telling concise and so filled with ironic wit that I happily suspend disbelief and hang on for the ride. This newest book, "Planet America" puts me in mind of "the Hitchhikers Guide" with perfectly rational discussions and wry conversations going on in the most irrational circumstances and locations. Sort of like M*A*S*H (the movie), which brings up an idea!
Nah...special effects couldn't do this kind of stuff, could they ?
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I have loved the Wingman series from the beginning. For some reason Mack Maloney has decided to turn these futuristic military book series, into a science fiction project. I would like to see him get back to his original format and write more "normal" Wingman Books.
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Summary: A good second book in the series.
Review: I was really drawn into the characters and plotline of the first novel in this series, and was left wanting to learn more about Hunter Hawk and his mysterious origins. This second novel did not disappoint in providing more adventure and intigue--and leaves you with a real surprise at the end, waiting for the next in the series. You really have to have a strong stomach for some of the wholesale slaughter in this book, and the 'suspension of disbelief' one must take in science fiction is tuly pushed to it's limits, but it is a fun and quick read. I look forward to the next in the series.
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Summary: WINGMAN #18
Review: In the past I've made cracks about how some political decisions made by the US government were based on the mistaken notion that the nation was on a completely separate planet other than Earth. This book gave some credence to that: while zapping around the Milky Way in his spacefaring F-16 trying to find out who he is with priest Pater Tomm (I wonder if he's related to Circle AA officer Major Tomm from WINGMAN #4: THUNDER IN THE EAST), Hawk eventually finds the good ole USA--and that it and 35 other Earth nations were physically removed from Earth, deported to three dozen separate worlds in another part of the galaxy, and placed inside some sort of time-slowing field to hinder their progress towards developing spaceflight and learning the truth; there's some similar nationalism-suppression tactics similar to Red Star's New Order from the earlier WINGMAN books that reoccurs here, as well. Hawk's mindwiping seems to not only have completely blanked his origins, but reprograms him with the customs and skills needed to function in the era he winds up in: he doesn't remember Twinkies or that cars need to be gassed up from time to time, or that you have to pay for both. Nevertheless, it still has that come-from-behind underdog theme that ran through the original WINGMAN series.
And I know I've run into the situation described in Chapter 1 before, but for the life of me I can't remember where...
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Summary: WINGMAN #18
Review: In the past I've made cracks about how some political decisions made by the US government were based on the mistaken notion that the nation was on a completely separate planet other than Earth. This book gave some credence to that: while zapping around the Milky Way in his spacefaring F-16 trying to find out who he is with priest Pater Tomm (I wonder if he's related to Circle AA officer Major Tomm from WINGMAN #4: THUNDER IN THE EAST), Hawk eventually finds the good ole USA--and that it and 35 other Earth nations were physically removed from Earth, deported to three dozen separate worlds in another part of the galaxy, and placed inside some sort of time-slowing field to hinder their progress towards developing spaceflight and learning the truth; there's some similar nationalism-suppression tactics similar to Red Star's New Order from the earlier WINGMAN books that reoccurs here, as well. Hawk's mindwiping seems to not only have completely blanked his origins, but reprograms him with the customs and skills needed to function in the era he winds up in: he doesn't remember Twinkies or that cars need to be gassed up from time to time, or that you have to pay for both. Nevertheless, it still has that come-from-behind underdog theme that ran through the original WINGMAN series.
And I know I've run into the situation described in Chapter 1 before, but for the life of me I can't remember where...
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Summary: A great book! The title says it all...
Review: Mack Maloney has done it again. This is a great follow-up to his book "Starhawk" from earlier this year. Once again we follow the adventures of Hawk Hunter the fighter pilot who has somehow found himself in the 73rd century. We follow him as he travels through the Galaxy, trying to find the reason he has been thrown into the future. In this book, he is searching for the mythical "Planet America" the place where he hopes to find the answer to his quest. He meets several interesting characters along the way, but there also seems to be an underlying theme in the story as well. As Hawk looks for the long-lost planet, it is almost as if he is asking the same questions we are asking these days. What is America? What does it stand for? Why are its citizens the way they are? The plot has plenty of twists and turns as anyone familiar with Maloney's books would expect. There is also plenty of action, intrigue, pretty girls and a gigantic battle at the end. Plus, there is a huge build-up for what I hope is a third installment in the series.
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