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Encyclopedia > Martin Caidin

Martin Caidin (1927-1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Thanks to his novel "Marooned"(1964) that was later adapted as a film he has some claim to be the first writer to directly influence manned space flight. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aeronautics is the science and practice of aerial locomotion, i. ... ... Marooning is the act of leaving someone behind intentionally in an uninhabited area. ...


Caidin wrote more than fifty books, including Samurai! and many classic works of military history, and more than a thousand magazine articles. Caiden established his own company to promote aeronautic subjects for a young audience and began writing fiction in 1957. Military history is the recording (in writing or otherwise) of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. ...


He twice won the Aviation/Space Writers Association award as the outstanding author in the field of aviation.


Caiden's style of fiction focused on acceptable projections of technical innovations with political and social repercusions. In this respect his work has some echo in the writing of Michael Crichton. Dr. John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942) is an author and producer. ...


His famous book Cyborg was adapted for the TV movie and television series The Six Million Dollar Man. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the book Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ...


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SPACELIGHT: Caidin, Martin - personal data (567 words)
Unlike Asimov, Caidin was unschooled, self-educated, and a doer who actively participated in the race into space.
An active pilot and aerospace expert, Caidin wrote both historical works and historical novels as the actual events were happening.
In New York City, Martin was a loud and tough kid, a street survivor of numerous combats who claimed that half the bones in his body had been broken.
The Final Countdown Novel by Martin Caidin (208 words)
This wonderful novel by Martin Caidin follows the movie very closely.
Martin Caidin authored at least 100 novels and many of them were turned into major motion pictures, including the Six-Million Dollar Man, which was based on his novel, CYBORG.
I am proud to say that of all my influences in writing Science Fiction, Martin Caidin is at the top of the list.
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