Whip

by Martin Caidin

Vintage paperback

Genres: War, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, Fiction, Novels, World War II

242 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Martin Caidin was a prolific and controversial writer. Most of his work centered around the adventures of pilots and astronauts. A number of his books were notable for their reasonable, realistic predictions of then-futuristic technology.

Caidin's body of work was prolific and varied, ranging from additional speculative/SF novels such as Marooned, which was made into an acclaimed film and considered a harbinger of the Apollo 13 accident, to a novel based upon the character Indiana Jones. He also wrote many non-fiction books about science, aviation and warfare.

Caidin began writing fiction in 1957. In his career he authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books as well as more than 1,000 magazine articles. His best-known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for "The Six Million Dollar Man" franchise. He also wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation.

In addition to his writing Caidin was a pilot and active in the restoration and flying of older planes.

Reviews

[S. D. Howarth · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and grim WW2 yarn. Great aviation comfort reading.

[Les · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here we have a perfect example of a book from another of my favorite fiction genres; loosely fact-based tales of men and women who fought on our behalf during the times of war that have come along over the years. Whip is a great rollicking yarn that whisks the reader along on missions against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre during World War Two. I've had a copy of the Corgi paperback edition for around thirty years that I picked up in a book exchange somewhere along the way. I've read it four times that I can recall and have enjoyed it immensely each time.

First published in 1976 and enjoying a number of reprints over the years, Martin Caidin has delivered an entertaining book that will appeal to lovers of WW2 history, action and aviation. Caidin has written a number of other fiction titles as well as some non-fiction works on military history. Also, a few sci-fi thrillers have come from him as well. Sure, Whip is a bit pulpy and may not find huge acceptance by today's readers, but it's designed for entertainment purposes with a little factual account blended in there and I'd suggest that most people over that age of 40 would really enjoy reading this.

Basically, Whip is an interesting and yet sometimes grim World War Two yarn, perfect for military and/or aviation fans who want to immerse themselves in what I was most probably like back in those darker days of our history.

[Jakob Wicker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book. This books explains how the Americans fought the Japanese in Australia in WWII. Martin Caidin Writes with great detail and i was immediately interested just by looking at the cover of this book. I am however a bit biased because I love anything and everything WWII. This is an amazing book and I recommend it to anybody who likes adventure and/or WWII. You don't have to be interested WWII to like this book.

[Mitchellb · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book WHIP was a good book I like how Martin Caidin wrote the book. The book is about a B-25 bomber called whip because of the driver and crew and there mission is to go over to Australia to help out some of there troops. The two reasons I like this book is because of the setting which is in the B-25 bomber because my grandfather was a tail gunner in a B-25 bomber. Also I like the theme of the book because it shows how the war was for the troops.

[Jake From State Farm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good read. It was a story about the American Air Force fighting Japanese in Australia. I would recommend this to anyone who likes reading World War II books. It will give you a sharp view of our troops hard times.