[Mugwump]

Okay, so they're garbage only fit for taking your mind off the thought of developing a deadly thrombisis during a long flight, but please list your SF airport novels here.

My first stab:

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke.
Hunters of the Red Moon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard

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I like Jack McDevitt for flights. DeepSix or Engines of God maybe.

[lemming]

On my last business trip I was reading Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. It was perfect perfect perfect, because the main character spends most of the book either on a plane or being jet-lagged herself. However, I think I would have enjoyed it just as much reading it at home (and indeed do plan to re-read it at some point soon). It was better than "just" an airplane novel.

Another book I really liked reading on a trip was Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper. That was a second reading, as I had already read it once in a non-travel situation.

As for actual fluff that would make good plane reading, but maybe hasn't... I would probably nominate anything by Heinlein or anything by King (hey, stop smacking me, he borders on SF sometimes). Robin Cook on the biomedical frontier of SF as well. All of those authors will keep the pages turning.