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Title: Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson, Sanders Jay O., Jay O. Sanders ISBN: 0-694-51799-2 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.97 (114 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Yes, author made mistakes -- but...
Comment: All those one-star reviews miss a lot, some because the "readers" critiqued an audiotape. As a writer, Mr. Robinson is actually quite good, better than his Technical Advisors. As has been noted, he gets the ranks wrong, but nobody says HOW. The 5-star general is a minor character, and maybe Robinson imagines that if one is Chairman of Joint Chiefs, he'd get that coveted 5th star. But Bill Baldridge is THE major character, and if he were only a Lieutenant Commander, (1) That's JUNIOR rank in the US Navy, not senior; (2) As one who bucks senior authority, maybe he'd still never get promoted, but he also wouldn't still be in the Navy -- get passed over for promotion to full commander twice, and he's out, friends in high places or not, and the Big Star he's supposed to be would surely have been up for promotion. As for the A-6 being in service in 2002, the author probably wrote the manuscript in 1994-5, well before the A-6 became obsolete, and the rest of the inacccuracies are Story Telling. Some places in America, people are exactly as parochial/provincial as one reader review denies we are. Yes, too many cowboylike Kansans and Nebraskans -- those being mostly farming states, not gunfighter-cowboy states, but some American advisor or editor should've noted those errors before the book saw its release in America. It's a "good read," for the most part, and should make a fine movie.
Rating: 3
Summary: No surprise ending
Comment: Very well written and Mr. Robinson gave a great account of submarine tactics and warfare. However, there were no surprises throughout the book and the ending was rather predictable.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good premise but predictable
Comment: This was the first book I have read by Patrick Robinson. While the story-line was interesting and even frighening (post Sept 11)
I thought the ending was rather predictable. ***SPOILER*** The
destruction of the subs at Bandar Abbas in Iran was a good sub-plot but was ultimately anti-climactic. And was there any doubt that Bill Baldridge would return to the Kansas homestead?
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Title: Kilo Class by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0061096857 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: H.M.S. Unseen by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0061098019 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: U.S.S. Seawolf by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0061030651 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Shark Mutiny by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 006103066X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Barracuda 945 (ROBINSON, PATRICK) by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0060086629 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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