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First Flight | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Claremont
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 803058
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0441235840
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441235841
ASIN: 0441235840
Publication Date: December 1, 1987
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Drifting farther and farther from any hope of rescue after a band of marauding space pirates leave her defenseless ship a wreck, Lt. Nicole Shea and her desperate crew make contact, humankind's first contact, with alien life forms. Reissue."
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 Claremont's good at writing comics, but not novels ... August 18, 2007
Brad
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Chris Claremont cut his writing teeth writing X-Men for Marvel Comics. He was a fan favorite in that medium, and much of the X-Men's popularity was due, in no small part, to his work on the titles back in the late 1980's & early 1990's.
HOWEVER, in my opinion, Mr. Claremont didn't do nearly as well when he tried to cross over into writing science fiction novels.
His ever present long-legged feisty & impetuous female characters with lots of 'tude & style (but not much in the way of common sense and judgement) are present, as always, but they just don't come across as well in longhand prose, sans art. They're all style and bluster, without real substance - and the limiting factor is not the author's lack of ideas ... it's his lack of writing ability in the novel format. He's brilliant in comic books, but he's out of his native turf when it comes to full length novels.
Personally, I recomment avoiding his novels, and buying his classic comics instead ... you'll be far happier, and you may even recoup your investment.
 First Contact At It's Best. July 1, 2000
David McCusker (Glasgow, Strathclyde United Kingdom)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
First Flight is a wonderful book that approaches first contact in an enjoyable and original manner. With treachery and betrayal added to the mix, you have a book that will keep you spellbound from the first to the last page.
First Rate. June 1, 1998
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a former X-Men reader, I wasn't sure what to expect from Chris Claremont's first novel. Undoubtedly, some of the books characters do come over as rather two-dimensional, but persist and you will find a contemporary sci-fi novel that is pacy, gripping and original.
wonderful! December 3, 1997
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is one of the first science-fiction novels I ever read. I really enjoyed the characters and the story was very involving.
Gripping from first to last November 26, 1997
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From the opening chapter to the very last page, I was hooked. Not having read anything by Chris Claremont before, I had no preconceptions - X-men or otherwise. Fast-paced, with a heroine who is not quite perfect and therefore better for it. To baldly summarize the plot wouldn't do justice to it but I'll try:
Trainee Pilot (Heroine) screws up training test; second chance leads to routine "milk run"; romance, with limitations; ambushed by space pirates with a grudge; ambush survivors find alien ship; first contact; going after the pirates; consequences. (Told you I wouldn't do it justice). The two sequels weren't quite as good (I'd give Grounded an 8 and Sundowner a 7), but I'm definitely hoping for a fourth book to find out what happens next.
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