Airframe: A Novel
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Book Rating (97)
Narrator Rating (4)
Written By: Michael Crichton
Narrated By: Frances Cassidy
Date: January 1996
Duration: 11 hours 10 minutes
Summary:
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. . . .
At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation.
AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that has been a Crichton landmark since The Andromeda Strain.
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Stephen J.
A great mixture of fiction and reality. Very believable.
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Holly
I was a bit disappointed in this one. I normally love Michael Crichton and this just didn't seem to be one of his better stories. It felt a little slow moving at times and the climax was a bit anti-climactic. I normally enjoy the techincal information Crichton displays in his books, but this time it lost something.
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Gee
Decent story but should not have been abridged. Left a lot of questions in my mind.
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Ray
Originally received 2 of 3 CDs. Customer Service quickly responded with new (and complete) set. Thought that the story was good but the ending could've been expanded a bit. Perhaps the unabridged version would have been the answer. Found myself stretching out my drive home each night so that I could finish listening to it.
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Brad Schwartz
Recieved damaged set, waiting for new set, then I will present an objective review with regard to the Airframe contact.
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andy h
I was less than captivated by this abridged version. It's incredibly short, and I didn't find any of the edge of your seat aspect that others have mentioned. Each clue toward the ending was so obvious as it appeared that there was no surprise at the end. It's a decent story, and the narration was wonderful, but it just didn't thrill me.
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Anonymous
This is a classic on the edge of your chair Michael Crichton page-turner. The only negative comment I have (and why I only gave four stars instead of five) is that since this is an abridged version I frequently felt like information was missing and some of the action was not fully motivated or explained. I think I would have preferred the unabridged version, but this one was still very good.
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Anonymous
I was very excited when I received the book. but I did not really enjoy the story. I did enjoy all of the technical infomation about the aviation field, though.
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Anonymous
This story helped reassure my fears about air travel!! Airframe was very interesting and the narration was wonderful. I enjoyed this audiobook immensely!
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Jeff Wesenberg
Great book, it kept me guessing until the end. Additionally, the technical information about the aerospace industry was enlightening.
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Kelly Skrobarcek
i liked it ... certainly not an "edge of your seat book" but Airframe has all the qualities Michael Crichton is famous for - suspense, espionage, intrigue, and blackmail. they are all brought together skillfully in this book and i would recommend it to anyone that enjoys aviation subjects.
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Daniel Wainwright
Nothing too great or too exciting. Not bad, but I really was hoping for more.