Skinner, Michael
Entry updated 3 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1953- ) US journalist, editor and author, mostly of nonfiction books about the American military during the 1980s. Of sf interest is the Near Future Technothriller First Air: A Novel of Air Combat in the Persian Gulf (1991), set after Iran has nuked Baghdad, trapping American forces who can only be rescued by a maverick private corporation whose advanced planes are operated by madcap fighter pilots. [JC]
Michael Skinner
born 1953
works (highly selected)
- First Air: A Novel of Air Combat in the Persian Gulf (Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1991) [hb/]
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