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Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction in 1957, and authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books,〔It has been claimed that Caidin authored, in total, eighty books. Martin Caidin, ''The Tigers Are Burning'', Pinnacle Books, Los Angeles, 1975, 1980, p. i.〕 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, particularly on the subject of aviation. Caidin was an accomplished pilot as well, and bought and restored a 1936 Junkers Ju 52. ==Fiction== Caidin's fiction incorporated future technological advances that were projected to occur, and examined the political and social repercussions of these innovations. In this respect, his work has an echo in the writing of Michael Crichton. One recurring theme is that of the cyborg—the melding of man and machine, epitomized in the use of replacement body parts called ''bionics''. Caidin references bionics in ''The God Machine'' (1968) and in his most famous novel, ''Cyborg'' (1972). ''Cyborg'' was loosely adapted as the top-rated, 1973 television movie ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', the first entry in what would become a television franchise. Caidin wrote three sequels to ''Cyborg'': ''Operation Nuke'', ''High Crystal'', and ''Cyborg IV''. These novels constitute a different continuity from that of ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' franchise. Novelizations of several of the television episodes were written by other authors; these tend to adhere more closely to Caidin's original version of the Steve Austin character than the less violent television franchise does. Caidin was credited in episodes of the original ''The Bionic Woman'' series—a ''Six Million Dollar Man'' spinoff—but not in the 2007 remake of ''The Bionic Woman''. Years later, Caidin would revisit bionics, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, for his novel ''Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future'', a reinvention of ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' in which Rogers is given bionic parts after being revived from his centuries-long coma. Caidin's novel ''Marooned'' (1964) is about an American astronaut who becomes stranded in space, and NASA's subsequent attempt to rescue him. The book was adapted into a movie, also titled ''Marooned'' (1969), which stars Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, and Gene Hackman. Caidin makes a cameo appearance as a reporter describing the arrival of the rescue vehicle at the Cape. World War Two books written by Caidin include ''Samurai!''; ''Black Thursday''; ''Thunderbolt!''; ''Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38''; ''Flying Forts''; ''Zero!''; ''The Ragged, Rugged Warriors''; and ''A Torch to the Enemy''. Caidin's books about space travel include ''No Man's World'', in which the Soviets beat the Americans to the moon, and ''Four Came Back'', about an ill-fated space station for eight crew members. Caidin's other books with film tie-ins include ''The Final Countdown'' and novels featuring adventure-archaeologist Indiana Jones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Caidin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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