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Title: Victory by Stephen Coonts, Ralph Peters, Harold Coyle, Harold Robbins, R. J. Pineiro, David Hagberg, Jim DeDelice, James H. Cobb, Barrett Tillman, Dean Ing ISBN: 0-312-87462-6 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not worth the money--not even close
Comment: This book was a great disappointment. I have a habit of passing along books to friends when I am done with them. I'd be embarrassed to recommend this one to anybody, even if I'm giving it to them for free. Reading it was a waste of time. David Hagberg's "V5", the second story of the three in this book, was okay. Not great, but okay.
The first story, by Stephen Coonts, "The Sea Witch", was on the level of a junior high school writing project. Poorly written, with a weak plot, I felt robbed of my time when I finished reading it. It's a short story, so I finished it, but I felt foolish for continuing my reading after I realized how poor it was.
Barrett Tillman's "Flame at Tarawa" was marginally better, but really not by much.
Don't waste your money on this book. If you feel the need to connect with WWII heroics, take your $7 and give it to a veterans' charity! You'll feel much better afterwards than you would if you spent the money on this dreck and wasted your time reading it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Some great stories, some not so
Comment: Some of the stories in this books are excellent reads. Both the PBY stories are well constructed and written. My favourite, by Harold Coyle, was the story of the assault on Tarawa. I read the book two or three weeks ago and the metal images of the jungle fighting described still linger.
A couple of lightweight tales by Harold Robbins and David Hagberg detract, I believe, from the overall weight and authority of the book as a whole, but if you are an afficianado of WWII stories, then this book is well worth a read.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Smorgasbord of WW2 stories
Comment: I agree with another reviewer that this book is somewhat of an anachronism; I too, perceived a similarity between these stories and pulp war stories from the late forties through the sixties.It is a veritable grab bag of stories that vary from quite good "The Sea Witch" to the yawner "Hanger Rat". To me, the two best stories by far deal with combat missions in a PBY flying boat in the south pacific in early WW2, they are fast paced, have good character development, show the authors spent some time with historical detail,and ,finally,seem plausible. It goes down hill from there to me, but everybody has their favorites on the smogasbord! In short, if you are old enough to remember war pulp stories and enjoyed them, then you will probably enjoy this compendium; if not, you may find many of the stories too tedious or far fetched to maintain your interest. I give it 3 stars solely on the strength of the 2 PBY stories.
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Title: Stephen Coonts' Deep Black by Stephen Coonts, Jim DeFelice ISBN: 0312985207 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Liberty: A Jake Grafton Novel by Stephen Coonts ISBN: 031228361X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Air Battle Force by Dale Brown ISBN: 0060094095 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Victory, Volume 2 : Into the Fire by Stephen Coonts, Harold Coyle, Harold Robbins, R. J. Pineiro ISBN: 0812561686 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: More Than Courage by Harold Coyle ISBN: 0765301881 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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