
Top Gun is a movie novelization written by Mike Cogan in 1986 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Tony Scott in 1986. The movie features Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, and others.
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Storyline
United States Naval Aviator LT Pete Maverick Mitchell and his Radar Intercept Officer LTJG Nick Goose Bradshaw are stationed aboard the USS Enterprise, from which they fly the F-14A Tomcat. Despite his dislike for Maverick’s recklessness, CAG Stinger sends him and Goose to attend TOPGUN, the Naval Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar.
Movie vs Book

Year
1986
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb

Year
1986
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.70
S: Goodreads
Book
Top Gun
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“Some people see it as this success when the book is finally made into a movie - that marks its success. I don't see it that way.”
ROBIN HOBB (Writer)

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