Martin Caidin
| Martin Caidin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 14, 1927 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1997 (aged 69) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Military history, science fiction |
| Spouse | Dee Dee Caidin |
Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.
Caidin began writing fiction during 1957, and 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.
Caidin was an airplane pilot as well, and bought and restored a 1936 Junkers Ju 52 airplane.
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 is similar to that of Michael Crichton. One recurring theme is that of cyborgs—- meldings of man and machine, using replacement body parts known as bionics. Caidin references bionics in his novel The God Machine (1968) and in his most famous novel, Cyborg (1972). Cyborg was adapted somewhat vaguely as the 1973 television movie The Six Million Dollar Man, the precursor of a television series of the same name. 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 imitate more closely Caidin's original version of the Steve Austin character than the less violent television series 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.
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