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Barnstorming by Martin Caidin6/8/2023 ![]() Several years before publishing the first Steve Austin novel, Cyborg, Caidin featured bionics in a speculative science fiction novel entitled The God Machine (1968).Ĭaidin's canon 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. A number of his books were notable for their reasonable, realisitc predictions of then-futuristic technology. Like his hero, Caidin had a long history in military aviation, and most of his work tends to center around the adventures of pilots and astronauts. From 1972-1975, he wrote four novels featuring a bionic protagonist named Steve Austin. ![]() ![]() Martin Caidin (14 September 1927 - 24 March 1997) was the author of the book series on which The Six Million Dollar Man is based. ![]()
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