Thomas Block

more photos (3)

Thomas Block’s Followers (16)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Dawn Wh...
353 books | 344 friends

Medhat ...
2,744 books | 1,401 friends

Scott B...
291 books | 1,444 friends

Cate Me...
3,609 books | 207 friends

Mark
134 books | 230 friends

Eric J....
545 books | 1,278 friends

Raven
2,388 books | 126 friends

Catheri...
966 books | 22 friends

More friends…

Thomas Block

Goodreads Author


Born
in New York, The United States
Website

Genre

Member Since
May 2012

URL


Thomas Block has written a number of aviation-oriented novels, many which have gone on to acquire best-seller status in numerous countries. His novel writing began with the publication of "Mayday" in 1979. That novel was rewritten with his boyhood friend, novelist Nelson DeMille in 1998 and remains on DeMille's extensive backlist. "Mayday" became a CBS Movie of the Week in October, 2005.

Several of the other novels by Block include "Orbit" (a top bestseller in Germany, among other nations), "Airship Nine", "Forced Landing" (also done as a radio serialization drama in Japan), "Skyfall", "Open Skies" and "Captain". Thomas Block is still writing both fiction and non-fiction, and has edited and updated his earlier novels into ebooks in all the m
...more

SKYFALL Now in Audio!

Skyfall Cover SKYFALL is now in Audio!

Written AND narrated by Thomas Block, Skyfall is the wild account of a modern hijacking gone very wrong!

Available through Audible, Amazon and the Apple iTunes store, Click on the book’s cover to go directly to Audible.com to hear a sample…….

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on January 10, 2017 06:52
Average rating: 4.12 · 9,221 ratings · 563 reviews · 48 distinct worksSimilar authors
Captain

4.09 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Orbit

3.54 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1982 — 23 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Mayday

by
4.13 avg rating — 76 ratings15 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Skyfall

3.89 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Airship Nine

3.29 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Forced Landing

3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Open Skies

3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Emergencia

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Aterrizaje forzoso

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Rinder Poevieh

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Thomas Block…
Quotes by Thomas Block  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“No." She turned away from him and stared out the windshield as though the argument as over.

He looked at her. He realized that he'd known her for less than seven hours, yet he felt that he knew her as well, certainly, as he knew Jennifer. Sharon Crandall had given him her complete and unquestioned trust, but know she was withdrawing it in favour of her own instincts, and he saw that she meant it. It was his turn to show the same perfect trust, though as a technical person he mistrusted instincts and always went with the odds and the gauges. "Okay. A little longer," he said.”
Thomas Block, Mayday

“Berry felt that there was, between them, that bond that instantly develops between pilot and co-pilot, helmsman and navigator, observer and gunner. That knowledge that two must become one if they are to beat the long odds against survival.”
Thomas Block, Mayday

“The rest of what was termed these days their life-style was, to Berry, a cruel joke. An outrageously expensive house in Garden City that he had always disliked. The pretentious country club. The phony bridge group. Hollow friendships. Neighbourhood gossip. The cocktails, without which, all of Garden City, along with the neighbouring suburbs, would have committed mass suicide long ago.”
Thomas Block, Mayday

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Around the Year i...: Jimmie's 2017 Plan 3 39 Jan 06, 2017 03:37PM  
“Human potential at its best is to transform a tragedy into a personal triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.”
Viktor Frankl

31471 THE Group for Authors! — 12849 members — last activity Aug 25, 2025 02:53AM
This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.
19126 The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — 31356 members — last activity 32 minutes ago
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
80075 Ask Nelson DeMille - October 18, 2012 — 364 members — last activity Sep 25, 2018 03:58PM
Join us on Thursday, October 18, 2012 for a special discussion with novelist, Nelson DeMille. Nelson will be discussing his work throughout the day, i ...more



No comments have been added yet.