Hello everybody
I hope this is not too far off-topic...
Just started reading James Cobb's new thriller "Target Lock" and it starts off
very promisingly.
A bunch of bogeyman pirates in sailing ships take over a factory satellite!
No it's not a fantasy novel a thriller about near-future naval warfare,
but, like Cobb's other novels "Choosers of the Slain", "Storm Dragon",
"Seafighter",. I liked all his other novels, exciting reads, interesting
and original limited war-scenarios - no "Save the universe (or the USA )
from a fate worse than death" as in so many other books of the genre, and the
good guys have to fight for their success. In spite of the Americans high tech
and naval skills, clever enemies and difficult circumstances give them a hard
time.
But why write this before I have red more than a few pages?
I have a question.
The book is dedicated to: 'the diverse group of authors, artists and creations
that have both given me great pleasure and lent inspiraiton to the world of
Amanda Garrett'
[US Navy Captain Amanda Garrett is the heroine of Cobb's book]
'Ian Fleming and James Bond Peter O'Donnel and Modesty Blaise
James H.Schmitz and Trigger Argee Norman Reilly Raine Raine and Tugboat Annie
Brennan Shoji Kawamori, Haruhiko Mikimoto and Misa Hayase'
Now, I'm familiar with the works of Fleming and O'Donnel, but the other names
are new to me. Can anyone enlighten me?
Greetings Karl Heinz
> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:44:06 +0200
> great pleasure and lent inspiraiton to the world of Amanda Garrett'
SF Recently reprinted by Baen books. the product release catalogue at
www.baen.com should have some of the first chapters and a few of the short
stories to read online.
Trigger is sort of a Troubleshooting agent for the Hub government.
> Norman Reilly Raine Raine and Tugboat Annie Brennan
Tugboat Annie: Widow Captain Annie Brennan has regular battles with her chief
rival Captain Horatio Bullwinkle. Tugboat Annie originally began as a
newspaper comic strip and a series of films.
Norman, Reilly Raine: American screenwriter Norman Reilly Raine first worked
as a reporter in Buffalo, NY, before becoming an officer with the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during WWI. Upon finishing his military stint, Raine
worked as an assistant editor for the Canadian news journal MacLean's. Later,
he became a frequent contributor of short stories for leading magazines such
as the Saturday Evening Post, of which the most famous was his "Tugboat Annie"
series. Later, this popular series was brought to film in 1933 and 1940. Two
of his other works were also adapted for the screen before Raine himself
became a prolific writer of screenplays for Warner Bros. and others during the
mid-'30s. In 1937, he shared an Oscar for the script of The Life of
Emile Zola. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
> Shoji Kawamori, Haruhiko Mikimoto and Misa Hayase'
Misa Hayase. Best known as the Executive officer of the SDF-1 Macross,
later XO for the Alaska Grand Cannon, Captain of the SDF-1 for its
final flight and flew her flag on SDF-3 for the REF. A founder member
of the Sentinels, she is missing presumed dead after the SDF-3 went
missing during the REF/Sentinels joint attack on the new Invid
homeworld [Earth.].
Otherwise known as Lisa Hayes.
Haruhiko Mikimoto, Character designer for Gundam, Macross, Orguss etc.
Shoji Kawamori Director and Producer for among other things Macross and
Escaflowne.
http://www.anime.net/escaflowne/production/creators/kawamori_shoji/
has a list.
With the exception of the ones I had memorised, putting the names into Google
is a trivial exercise.
Adam Benedict Canning schrieb:
> > James H.Schmitz and Trigger Argee
[snip]
> Adam
Thanks, very interesting. A pretty varied list of inspirations.
Have now read a few more pages of Cobb's book. Continues well. There also is a
flying saucer that carries stones into the Syrian desert.
Greetings
> --- "K.H.Ranitzsch" <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de> wrote:
He's an author from the 60s (??) who's now dead. His Trigger books are being
rereleased by Baen in collections edited by Eric Flint. It's basically
espionage in a space opera setting. Very entertaining books and fast reads.
[ObGZG] Not so good for Stargrunt scenario ideas, but might have some
potential for FMA.