The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the book Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978.

Novels

Martin Caidin wrote four novels featuring his original version of Steve Austin beginning in 1972. Although several other writers such as Mike Jahn would later write a number of novelizations based upon the TV series, in most cases these writers chose to base their character upon the literary version of Austin rather than the TV show version. As a result, several of the novelizations have entire scenes and in one case an ending that differed than the original episodes, as the cold-blooded killer of Caidin's novels handled things somewhat differently than his watered-down TV counterpart.

Related Topics:
Martin Caidin - Mike Jahn

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Original Novels

(all by Martin Caidin)

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• Cyborg
• Operation Nuke
• High Crystal
• Cyborg IV

(of the above, only Cyborg was adapted for television.)

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Novelizations

• Wine, Women and War - Mike Jahn
• Solid Gold Kidnapping - Evan Richards
• Pilot Error - Jay Barbree
• The Rescue of Athena One - Jahn
• The Secret of Bigfoot Pass - Jahn
• International Incidents - Jahn (this volume adapted several episodes into one long storyline.)