''First Flight'' is a

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

novel by American writer

Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is an English-born American comic book writer and novelist. Claremont is best known for his 16-year stint on ''Uncanny X-Men'' from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Clarem ...

, published by

Ace Books Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ...

in 1987.

Plot summary

''First Flight'' is a novel about US Air Force officer Lt. Nicole Shea, which takes place in the frontier of space in the near future.

Reception

Lynn Bryant reviewed ''First Flight'' in ''

Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 83. Bryant commented that "''First Flight'' is a well paced, fast moving adventure that is tempered with some good characterizations and a bit of mystery."

Reviews

*Review by

Don D'Ammassa Donald Eugene D'Ammassa (born April 24, 1946) is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror critic and author.Science Fiction Chronicle ''Science Fiction Chronicle'' (later, just ''Chronicle'') was an American science fiction magazine (also called semiprozine) published from 1979 to 2006. It was named ''Science Fiction Chronicle'' until 2002 and from then until 2006, just ''Chro ...

, #101 February 1988https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?6312 *Review by Mark J. McGarry (1988) in

Thrust Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction to be applied to that ...

, #30, Summer 1988 *Review by Andy Sawyer (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #84 *Review by Paul J. McAuley (1990) in Interzone, #39 September 1990

References

{{Chris Claremont 1987 American novels 1987 science fiction novels Works by Chris Claremont