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Summary: Action Stations is a very good WC book
Review: Action Stations details the beginning of the Kilrathi War and ends with climatic First Battle of McAuliffe. The story is modelled off Pearl Harbor and the beginning of the war in the Pacific Theatre, and I think it was done intelligently. Some of the characters are flat and the book does reinvent the WC Universe a bit, but overall Forstchen used his creative license very well. This is definetly a must read for all WC fans (myself included) and I hope newcomers to WC read it as well.
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Summary: Un libro que nos muestra la historia desde sus comienzos
Review: Aqui podremos saber como el conflicto entre los Kilrathis y la Confederacion comenzo. Tambien veremos los comienzos de la carrera de Geoff Tolwyn que todos conocemos como el Admiral que traiciono a todos, pero aqui nos muestra el otro lado de una persona que todos pensabamos conocer.Este libro esta situado primero cronologicamente con respecto a los otros libros. Vemos como Tolwyn y Bandreich se hicieron amigos. Como el Baron Jukaga pudo saber tanto sobre nuestra civilizacion. Simplemente nos muestra todo a sus comienzos lo cual es muy lindo de leer cuando uno ya leyo las otras novelas. Pone las cosas un poco mas claras.
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Summary: Excelent Novel !!
Review: Being a Wing Commander fan for only two years I was lucky to have colected all of the WC novels, and I'm happy to say that Action Stations is one of the best. Some reviews say the technology is out of bounds using technology that was first seen in 2668(WC2), but who says that phase shields didnt't exist 34 years before WC2? Maybe the Confederation invented an easy to build weapon that can penetrate phase sheilds and the ones in WC2 are a new type that can't be penetrated by those weapons? Anyway I won't give away the story. I recomend this book to everyone, even if you're not a Wing Commander fan.
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Summary: The Kilrathi leap with claws extended at the confederation
Review: Contact has been made with the Kilrathi, tiger like creatures whom love to hunt and kill. The confederation is it's new target as they dish out random attacks. It is now up to a group of confed officers to save the confederation.
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Summary: Great Action! Fills in the holes before the Games started
Review: Great story telling of the beginnings of the Kilrathi War. Gives much background of Tolwyn when he was just an Ensign and how he came to be a great man amongst the Confederation. One can't help but see similarities between this story and Pearl Harbor but the story does take twists that make it uniquely suspenseful. I can highly recommend this book for Wing Commander fans.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I like Forstchen's books, but this isn't up to his usual standard. The plot adheres a little too closely to the events of the Midway campaign in WWII. Sadly, the Confederation has forgotten all the lessons learned in that period, and needs to be re-taught the hard way. I'd give this book a miss, and head straight for Freedom Flight. Then, you can go on to Forstchen's excellent End Run, Fleet Action, and Heart of the Tiger.
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Summary: Best way to start the series or end it
Review: I never could get in to Wing Commander books because the war was already old news. The war had become part of people's lives in the books so it was hard to jump in to it. This book does an excellent job of starting you off since in the truest since of the word it is a prequel. It goes to the very beginnings of the wing commander universe and the war with the Kirathi that it is based on. I was hooked and couldn't put the book down. People critize certain aspects such as the supposly one dimensional characters like the politicians in the book being selfish scum who care more about votes than whats right. The sad fact is they were portrayed right. This book is very realistic for a sci-fi. A must read!
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Summary: A dream for a Wing Commander fan...and more
Review: I really can't say enough about William Forstchen and the Wing Commander novels he has written. In each one he adds a little bit more to what has now become (at least in my mind) one of the most involved and well-developed sci-fi epics of our era, and Action Stations is no exception. Not to give too much away, but the plot of the novel parallels the beginning of America's involvement in WWII. Some have complained that it resembles it TOO closely, but I found it a very interesting approach. The characters are well-modeled, and Forstchen's handling of the Kilrathi is amazing, showing the almost "human" side of a few of them. It adds a totally new dimension to the race that you probably won't get from the movie or the games. I also found it noteworthy that once or twice the author even makes reference to the Wing Commander: Prophecy game, which I can only hope he will eventually write about. However, the best aspect of this novel is that the fans finally get to see Tolwyn in his younger days fresh out of the Academy, and how he came to be involved in the war. It's almost hard to read about him though, considering what he eventually does, but it reinforces even more the concept of the tragic figure or fallen hero that Tolwyn is. All in all, this is a great novel with intelligent dialogue, an enhrossing and believable (if somewhat borrowed) plot, and above all a story that needed to be told. (Note: the Foreword itself leaves you yearning for more).
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Summary: A great read for fans of the game
Review: One of the best in the series. Fast paced, fun, and action packed. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up
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Summary: Not much like the games...
Review: The Wing Commander Action Stations couldn't have been written without the idea that history repeats itself, and I don't mind reading about Pearl Habor as long as it is covered up by the WC universe... However the technology seems to be way out of bounds using tech that is not supposed to be available before 2668 (WCII)... But afterall it is readable and enjoyable as long as you don't read between the lines!
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