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Whoa! What's this thing doing?" Captain Gene Hammond asked. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Enticing Read, Feb 10 2004

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C.A. Wiles (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skyhook (Paperback)

Another enticing reader by aviation journeyman, John J. Nance, is scripted against the format of that ever-present military/industrial complex we are in the grip of wherein an improbable plane accident occurs. The establishment firmly resists an investigative intrusion into the unthinkable but the author uses deft characterization to sort myriad personal complexities into not only the probable but the possible.
The occasional use of a quirky feline personage, Schroedinger, who gets impatient with loss of priorities by the human clan, will foster recall of similar relationships by readers who are owned by a cat lends a now-and-then break from the mind-numbing attention this book of suspenseful travail demands. Another Keeper!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Feb 7 2004

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Carol L. Riegel (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skyhook A Novel (Hardcover)

Held my interest from cover to cover.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Just "OK," I am afraid, Dec 18 2003

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hang10web (Midwest, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skyhook A Novel (Hardcover)

This was very slow to start for me, and as the book progressed from the cockpit, to the Pentagon, to the ocean, to the courtroom, to the White House I kept thinking "So what?"

Its a little implausable that a pilot who "just happens" to be flying in a top secret military test zone gets wrapped up in the plot they way he does, and that it gets elevated to the level it does - just for the sake of reinstating his pilot's license?

Pretty far fetched in terms of the story, but I enjoyed the technical side of the plot - as flawed as it was.

A decent read, but I never really did buy in...

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5.0 out of 5 stars a well written little gem
Nance, as in his other novels, creates credible scenarios with sufficient techno-whiz that he is not forced into plotting that relies solely on Hollywood special effects to carry... Read more

Published on July 27 2003 by L. Brimm