From Publishers Weekly This bulky novel about the U.S. Air Force from its creation in 1947 to 1978 was composed, we are told, on the writers' personal computersa fact possibly responsible, in part, for its undistinguished style and lack of sustained tension. Boyne (one-time USAF career officer and author of several books on flying) and Thompson (Air Force "brat" and author of three thrillers) seem admirably qualified to capture and novelize what Thompson calls the "closed culture" of the USAF. Yet their all-too-comprehensive storywhich follows the fortunes of a handful of airmen (and their families), among them an egotistic careerist carrying on family tradition, a thrill-seeker and a blackwhips the reader back and forth between America and Europe, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, covering the labors of ground crews, aerial combat, hazardous test flights, Pentagon infighting and racial friction and has about it a cranked-out quality that makes relatively dull reading. Excitements there are (if too brief and too few); the characters seem real (if none are memorable); and there is authentic detail aplenty. What the authors have signally failed to come up with is the imagination that might have turned sociomilitary history into genuine drama. 75,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal The average reader may be put off by this novel about the Air Force. At half the length it would probably appeal to male readers, and to pilots especially, but the size and the three-page glossary of acronyms may reduce its popularity. The authors know their subject (Boyne, a retired Air Force colonel, is director of the National Air and Space Museum), and the book has a military atmosphere. Six men are the focus, with the history of the Air Force revealed through their careers from 1947 to the present. Each of the men is mildly stereotyped, and the minor characters are almost too numerous to track. Whenever the momentum begins to flag, someone crashes, and death is treated in a cavalier manner. What Janet Dailey and Jeane Westin did for the women's services, Boyne and Thompson have done for the Air Force, but not as well. Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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这本书给我的整体感觉是震撼与敬畏的结合。它成功地捕捉到了一种特定的文化精神,那种建立在严格纪律和对未知挑战的无畏探索之上的精神内核。作者对时代背景的考据无疑是下足了功夫的,每一个历史节点的嵌入都显得自然且有力,为故事增添了坚实的基础。最让我印象深刻的是,作者没有回避其中的残酷性。无论是技术层面的风险,还是精神层面的磨砺,都被毫不留情地展现出来。这种真实感,反而让最终获得的成就显得更加来之不易,更值得尊重。与许多仅仅停留在表面描绘的叙事不同,这本书深入探究了在高压环境下,个体心智如何被塑造、如何崩塌,又如何重建的过程。它像一把锋利的手术刀,精准地剖开了荣誉、牺牲以及隐藏在光鲜外表下的沉重负担。这是一次极富营养的精神洗礼,它不仅仅娱乐了读者,更在潜移默化中提升了我们对专业精神和人类耐力的理解上限。
评分这本书的叙事结构非常精巧,它采取了一种近乎纪录片式的多视角切换手法,让读者得以从不同层面的视角去审视故事的核心冲突。这种叙事策略的成功之处在于,它避免了将任何一个角色塑造成绝对的英雄或反派,而是展现了人性的复杂与灰色地带。我特别喜欢作者对于“团队”这一概念的探讨,那种建立在共同目标、严苛训练和生死考验基础上的情感联结,被描绘得既残酷又温暖。书中对专业术语和操作流程的描述,虽然专业,但作者巧妙地将其融入到情节推进中,既保证了真实性,又不至于让非专业读者感到晦涩难懂,这无疑是高超的写作技巧的体现。每一次飞行任务的描写,都充满了紧张的张力,你几乎能感受到肾上腺素飙升的刺激感,但更令人动容的,是那些在每一次起飞前和降落后,角色们默默承受的无形压力。这种张力感的营造,使得整部作品读起来酣畅淋漓,让人欲罢不能,它成功地捕捉到了精英群体在日常和非常规状态下的精神面貌。
评分翻开这本书,我仿佛被一股无形的引力拽入了一个波澜壮阔的时代洪流之中。那些描绘的场景,那些人物的抉择,无不带着一种历史的厚重感和青春的躁动。作者的笔触极其细腻,无论是描绘天空的变幻莫测,还是刻画人物内心的挣扎与成长,都显得游刃有余。它不仅仅是一部讲述某个特定群体的故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出那个年代社会背景下,个体如何寻求自我价值与集体认同的复杂命题。我尤其欣赏作者在叙事节奏上的掌控力,时而如暴风骤雨般紧凑激烈,令人屏息凝神,时而又像高空滑翔般舒缓深远,留给读者 ample 空间去回味和思考。那种对细节的执着追求,让每一个场景都栩栩如生,仿佛我能闻到机舱里机油的味道,感受到万米高空的气流冲击。这本书的魅力在于,它成功地将宏大的历史叙事与微观的个人命运编织在一起,形成了一种既史诗般宏伟又无比贴近人性的阅读体验。读完之后,那种意犹未尽的感觉,让我明白,这不是一本可以轻易合上的书,它会在你的脑海里持续盘旋很久,引发关于责任、勇气和奉献的深刻反思。
评分当我合上这本书时,脑海中浮现的不是英雄主义的口号,而是关于“坚持”二字的全新理解。它展示了一种近乎偏执的职业精神,那种为了达到卓越标准而付出的巨大代价。作者在塑造主要人物群像时,展现了极高的洞察力,他们不是扁平化的符号,而是有血有肉、充满矛盾的个体。有人追求极致的完美,有人在责任与个人生活之间挣扎,有人则在荣誉与良知之间进行艰难的抉择。这种对人物内心世界的深入挖掘,使得故事的感染力倍增。阅读过程中,我多次被那些看似微不足道的瞬间所触动——一个眼神的交汇,一次简短的谈话,都暗示着深藏于背后的复杂历史和情感纠葛。这本书的叙事节奏把握得极好,它懂得何时该放慢脚步,细细描摹一个关键时刻的心理活动,何时又该加速推进,将读者推向不可避免的高潮。它构建了一个完整且自洽的世界观,让人在阅读结束后依然沉浸其中,久久不能抽离。
评分坦白说,这本书的文学价值是超乎我想象的。作者的文字功底扎实到令人惊叹,他的语言不仅仅是工具,更是一种艺术表现形式。书中的环境描写,特别是对气象和高度的描绘,达到了近乎诗意的境界,仿佛每一段文字都自带景深和光影。我常常需要停下来,反复阅读某几句描述,只为细细品味其中蕴含的哲理和韵味。更难能可贵的是,作者在探讨宏大主题的同时,没有丢失对个体情感的关注。那些关于友谊、失去、以及在巨大体制下如何保持独立思考的内心独白,写得极为真挚动人。它不像许多同类题材那样,一味地歌颂光环,反而敢于直面体制内的僵化、理想与现实的摩擦,这种批判性的视角,让作品的深度和广度都得到了极大的提升。这无疑是一部具有持久生命力的作品,它经得起时间的考验,因为其探讨的核心是普世的人类情感与价值困境。
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