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Frank Chadwick

Autor(a) de Space 1889

91+ Works 1,023 Membros 14 Reviews

About the Author

Séries

Obras de Frank Chadwick

Space 1889 (1988) 104 cópias
The Forever Engine (2013) 46 cópias
Traveller: The New Era (1993) 45 cópias
Traveller Book 4: Mercenary (1978) 42 cópias
How Dark the World Becomes (2013) 40 cópias
Gulf War Fact Book (1991) 32 cópias
Twilight 2000, 2nd edition (1993) 25 cópias
Soldier's Companion (1989) 24 cópias
Tales from the Ether (1989) 24 cópias
Chain of Command (2017) 21 cópias
Traveller Book 6: Scouts (1983) 19 cópias
Cloud Captains of Mars (1989) 16 cópias
World Tamer's Handbook (1994) — Autor — 15 cópias
Come the Revolution (2015) 13 cópias
Star Cruiser [Box Set] (1987) 8 cópias
Ship of Destiny (2020) 8 cópias
Sky Galleons of Mars (1988) 2 cópias
Battles of the Civil War (1995) 2 cópias
A Prince of Mars (2012) 2 cópias
Battlefield: Europe (1991) 2 cópias
Jacobite - Volume 2 1 exemplar(es)
Jacobite - Volume 1 1 exemplar(es)
Napoleon Returns 1 exemplar(es)
Gash Boat 1 exemplar(es)
Battle of Lobositz (1980) 1 exemplar(es)
Azhanti High Lightning 1 exemplar(es)
Men Under Fire 1 exemplar(es)
The Race toTunis 1 exemplar(es)
Honour of the Regiment 1 exemplar(es)
Battle for Moscow 1 exemplar(es)
Dwarf Wars 1 exemplar(es)
The Traveller Adventure 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Free Short Stories 2013 (2013) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
C3i Magazine Nr 25 — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Free Stories 2020 — Contribuinte, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Chadwick, Frank Alan
Data de nascimento
c. 1953 (approximate date only)
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Organizações
Game Designers' Workshop
Premiações
Charles S. Roberts Award Hall of Fame (1984)
Pequena biografia
Game designer.

Membros

Resenhas

Chadwick, Frank. The Forever Engine. Baen, 2013.
Frank Chadwick is best known as a game designer, especially for Space 1889. The Forever Engine is a novel set in that universe but not, as far as I know, based on a particular game script. It is steampunk without magic but with some convenient exceptions to the normal laws of physics. Protagonist Jack Fargo is an ex-U. S. special forces soldier from 2018, who now teaches ancient history. An old buddy calls on him to examine an unusual Roman coin, ostensibly found at a high-tech weapons research facility. He discovers that the coin does not match our history. An explosion at the site propels him into a version of 1888 England where there is already a colony on Mars and dirigibles use an antigravity material called “liftwood.” British intelligence sends him with a small team to thwart a high-tech weapon being developed by an unstable genius in the mountains of Serbia. Characters are more nuanced than are usual in the genre, and the steampunk plot is plausible if one accepts its premises. 4 stars.… (mais)
 
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Tom-e | outras 4 resenhas | Aug 28, 2022 |
Frank Chadwick’s Chain of Command is ab military space opera inspired by Guadalcanal and the World War II battle in the Solomon Islands. His hero, Sam Bitka, is a character type common to the genre from C. S. Forester to David Weber, a rapidly promoted captain, who keeps a stiff upper lip despite his own insecurities. He battles bureaucrats and gains the respect of his crew. Chadwick has thought through his spaceship design and pays attention to such details as orbital mechanics, the health effects of long-term weightlessness, and the inherent danger of hydrogen as a fuel. Refreshingly, his enemy aliens are not monolithic and have as many political divisions as their human counterparts. Battle scenes are especially well done. 3.5 stars.… (mais)
½
 
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Tom-e | outras 2 resenhas | Jul 6, 2022 |
Chadwick, Frank. Ship of Destiny. Sam Bitka No. 2. Baen, 2020.
In Frank Chadwick’s Ship of Destiny, human beings are contacted by an interstellar civilization in 2041, and a century later they have already fought and won a multispecies war. Since all the starship technology comes from advanced aliens, Chadwick is saved the trouble of explaining much, and he can keep the human cultures close to home. The protagonist, Sam Bitka, is a war hero who has received a field promotion to starship captain and been assigned to an armed troop transport. The plot begins when his ship’s systems are taken over by an unknown force and the ship is drawn to a distant star system. The story and characters follow the Horatio Hornblower in space pattern we have come to expect from Baen space opera, but both the plot and the characters provide some unexpected twists. 3.5 stars.… (mais)
½
 
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Tom-e | Jun 9, 2022 |
The beginning stumbled a bit, almost like it wasn’t sure how to get going, but then it hit the groove and became an excellent novel.

I would pre-order a sequel today. Pre-pay, even. Worth it.
 
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wildwily | outras 2 resenhas | May 28, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
91
Also by
5
Membros
1,023
Popularidade
#25,181
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
14
ISBNs
89
Idiomas
2

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