Book Overview
After Lt. Shea fails a simulation test, she is given a second chance. She is to play pilot to a minimal-hassle scientific mission which turns out to be mankind's first contact with alien life.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0441235840
ISBN13:9780441235841
Release Date:December 1987
Publisher:Ace Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.32 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.1" x 6.8"
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5 ratings
First Contact At It's Best.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
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!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
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
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
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.
First class on all counts!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I went to bed planning to read a chapter or two and ended up reading untill 3am. The action grabes you and won't let go, the characters are pretty well built and the science-side (for hardcores like me) is on the spot. No teleporters and other ridiculous stuff. This book (and the sequel-Grounded) is well worth the cost. I can't wait for other books by C. Claremont
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