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Summary: Submariners in Space
Review: A intense, hard sci-fi novel of warfare in the equivalent of a submarine corps. The story follows one Climber crew on a single combat mission. Cook writes an incredibly realistic and believable story of claustrophobia, terror, confusion and faith. The narrator, a war correspondent and eternal outsider, struggles to understand the motivations of the men with whom he is serving.I found this to be an incredibly gripping book. The power of the emotions and the consistency of the details left me wondering about Cook's background. This is a story where you want to know how the author knows so much - did he serve in submarines or is he just that good a researcher? This is not a cheerful book but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Summary: Submariners in Space
Review: A intense, hard sci-fi novel of warfare in the equivalent of a submarine corps. The story follows one Climber crew on a single combat mission. Cook writes an incredibly realistic and believable story of claustrophobia, terror, confusion and faith. The narrator, a war correspondent and eternal outsider, struggles to understand the motivations of the men with whom he is serving. I found this to be an incredibly gripping book. The power of the emotions and the consistency of the details left me wondering about Cook's background. This is a story where you want to know how the author knows so much - did he serve in submarines or is he just that good a researcher? This is not a cheerful book but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Summary: Space warfare at its best
Review: A totally original book that shows Cooks excellent writing. The only story I have ever read that has a believable space analog to a submarine. Cook is also one of the few SF writers that seem to understand naval warfare and history. Unlike some other authors Cook's warships are designed and tasked for specific missions, not lumped into "small", "medium", and "large" The coherent background means that the reader is drawn into the story and becomes part of the crew as they endure another mission on a climber. Starting with the pre mission parties, the pressure builds as the mothership races to drop them at their patrol area.....after that things get interesting. Read the book for more details:)
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Summary: Military SF as it was meant to be written
Review: Cook writes in an over-the-top, yet intimate way about his intensely manifested characters. My favorite sentence of all time is in the first paragraph of this book, "Night fell like a sadist's boot." The designer of a troop transport is described as "a closet Torquemada." These quotes are still in my head 3 years after my last (third) reading of this book. He captures all the stench, abrasiveness and fungus of living in a closed container with a military crew. And if you like this one, try and find "The Dragon Never Sleeps", his other military SF stand-alone novel.
Based on his excellent writing and devoted fan-base, I would expect to see more of his books still in print.
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Summary: One of the Top 10 SF Books Ever Written!
Review: In a very brief 150 pages or so Cook crashes you through a totally believable interstellar combat epic with a vivid depth of detail so involving that you will surely read it in one session ... approaches "Private Ryan" in immersive effect ... and as with that film, you may be relieved when it is finally over ... a very non-romantic vision of all-out warfare in deep space.
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Summary: Great military sci-fi
Review: It's got real characters in an unbearable situation. A tense read all the way through. (Almost certainly inspired by the very similar classic submarine novel "Das Boot".)
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Summary: Great military sci-fi
Review: It's got real characters in an unbearable situation. A tense read all the way through. (Almost certainly inspired by the very similar classic submarine novel "Das Boot".)
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Summary: Passage at Arms
Review: It's probably important to know that this isn't the kind of book where there are huge battles in space, with ships blasting away at each other. Instead, it's a book about tension, about waiting. Actions which may prove meaningless -- and sometimes do. Events incomprehensible even to participants. As such, Passage at Arms is a notably well-written book, but it's not an easy read. There's no break for the characters, and none for the reader either. There's no comic relief whatsoever. You're trapped in a tiny, hot ship with its crew and the narrator, a war correspondent. In first person present tense, the story seems to represent the correspondent's real, uncensored report. Lessening the impact of this book were some loose ends (a blackmail subplot that never goes anywhere, which might be deliberate nihilism) and characterization which could have been deeper, especially of the narrator. Still, this is a good one.
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Summary: Military SF at its most gritty!
Review: Starting from a simple analogy to Run Silent, Run Deep, extrapolated into interstellar warfare, Cook writes some of the best military SF ever to see print. His twists on the technology are excellent, his characterizations complex and emminently believable, and the outcome is extremely satisfying. This is a must read for anyone who enjoys military SF and is tired of the heroic officer genre. Welcome to the trenches!
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Summary: Good military SF
Review: This book is a great story of submarines extended into space. It is a gritty, compelling story of a future technology that allows space ships to hide until they engage the enemy. It bring to mind Silent Service and other books about submarines. The human element is aptly explored. It is one of Cook's better books, unfortunately it never caught on as a best seller
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