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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780515100532
ISBN number: 0515100536
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: May 01, 1989
Publishing house: Jove
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WEB Griffin in his never ending tale of the US Army from World War ll until about the end of the Vietnam War continues to keep you spellbound. For a series of I don't know how many books, you want him to keep writing more. Very good read. Highly Recommend.
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Part of a series by W E B Griffin following two main as well as many major players in their life. What I liked was being able to read out of sequence without ruining the story line, unusual for an American author isnt so gung ho on their ways.
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Like all WEB GRiffin's books, this one combines humor, personality studies, and adventure. I wish I had the whole series. He is great.
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The Aviators was my very first exposure to Griffin and what a disappointment! I had been led to believe that Griffin's novels were action packed, battle filled and that Griffin was a latter day Forester or MacLean. Perhaps he is in other novels but this one proceeded like a made-for-TV prime time soap.
The action starts in Vietnam in 1963. Our hero is wounded in a bungled operation and returns to the U.S. to become an aide-de-camp for one year. During the year and change he distinguishes himself and falls for the widow of a friend. He and his CO also must establish the viability of airmobile infantry, demonstrating that army helicopter pilots can transfer large units. There is little action and the story line is predictable. Subplots are predictable as well.
In fairness to Griffin, I listened to an abridged audiotape and it might have been poorly abridged. However, I didn't get the sense that there was an awful lot here to begin with. Gerald McRaney's clipped reading doesn't help it either.
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This is a weak series of books, as far as war novels go. They're more like an ongoing soap opera than gritty war drama (think "General Hospital" as a novel, only set between 1945-1970 and revolving around the Army instead of Port Charles.) The characters are given plenty of time to evolve, and some do (Lowell, in particular.) But it all seems too phony. A good war novel should have some truth in it, but it is in short supply with these books.
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