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GOOD READING
Thought-provoking,
powerful and engrossing |
Hawke is featured with some text and photos
in A.J. Venter's excellent book.
A literary masterpiece about the warrior who can't leave the war.
 
Real stories of war by a SF Vietnam vet; also by Jim Morris "The Devil's Secret Name."
The book on which the CBS
show, THE UNIT is based.
New book by consultant
for THE UNIT
The books of Nelson DeMille
should be a national treasure.
Former Marine and author of the Mitch Rapp series; now consultant for Fox's "24."
Child has created a truly memorable SF hero in Jack Reacher, a quiet professional who can't quite
settle...good thing for us.
The heart of a SpecOps warrior pulses through the veins of John Rain. Killing can be an art...and Eisler is an artist
who knows how to paint it. |
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SELECT FILMS
Many with
SF-related themes |
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GREAT SHOWS
Based on
the military or Special Forces
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Unfortunately, CBS's The Unit
has been canceled; here's hoping it will be picked up for syndication.
Mark Gordon's new drama on
Lifetime has just begun Season 3.
Jack will be back! Fox's
Season
8 returns in the fall.
And just for the pure fun
of it, check out USA's tantalizing BURN NOTICE! New episodes airing now,
Thursdays.
Slick new thriller on TNT in the
vein of Ocean's Eleven, Tuesdays.
CBS new hit action
thriller, Wenesdays.
New this summer from NBC,
this
one looks promising. |
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IN PRINT
NOW: On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three
American civilian contractors—Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell,
and Tom Howes—crash-landed in the mountainous jungle of
Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the plane
bloodied and injured as gunfire rained down around them. As
of that moment they were prisoners of the FARC, a Colombian
terrorist and Marxist rebel organization. In an instant they
had become American captives in Colombia's volatile and
ongoing conflict, which has lasted for almost fifty years.
A
harrowing account of one of the longest civilian hostage
crises in United States history, Out of Captivity is
a remarkable and compelling exploration of how far three
Americans were willing to go as they fought to stay alive
for themselves, their families, and one another.
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COMING SOON: Inspired by
Rajiv Chandrasekaran's nonfiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City:
Inside Iraq's Green Zone, Matt Damon plays an officer who teams with a
senior CIA officer to search for evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
A "Green Zone" is a walled and fortified area where U.S. troops stay during the
Iraq occupation. There, critics say, flawed decisions are made because
leaders are separated from the realities of life in war-torn Iraq.
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"The Hurt Locker" is a riveting,
suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized
heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and
save lives in one of the world's most dangerous places. Three members of the
Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and each
other as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of
Baghdad-in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans
alike. Their mission is clear-protect and save-but it's anything but easy, as
the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and
heart-pounding look at the effects of combat and danger on the human psyche is
based on the first-hand observations of journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal,
who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. These men spoke of explosions
as putting you in "the hurt locker." |
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