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Tom Clancy Dead

Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
edited October 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
One of my favorite authors growning up. The Hunt for Red October is one of the best books I've read.

RIP
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  • Dru_CortezDru_Cortez Posts: 953
    Julie Bosman of the New York Times
    has it on her Twitter feed...

    https://twitter.com/juliebosman/status/385408023226634240

    66 is pretty damn young in this day + age.
    Vichnaya pamyat (eternal memory).
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Damn! He was good, read a couple of his books, R.I.P. :(

    I loved the Sum of all Fears, then they made that god awful movie.
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Oh damn. I really liked him. Hunt For Red October is one of my favorite movies and I loved the book along with The Cardinal Of The Kremlin. Patriot Games was a great movie too, better than the book I thought, same for Clear And Present Danger. I read some of the others and didn't like them nearly as much. He would get really bogged down in details and procedural stuff. Like SSN. It read more like a submarine manual than a book. And the Jack Ryan series kind of spun off into a direction I didn't care for. With him becoming President and all that, although I thought The Bear And The Dragon was OK.

    And of course the Rainbow Six games were fun as hell.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Damn! He was good, read a couple of his books, R.I.P. :(

    I loved the Sum of all Fears, then they made that god awful movie.

    Well to be fair casting Ben Assleck will do that to most movies.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Damn! He was good, read a couple of his books, R.I.P. :(

    I loved the Sum of all Fears, then they made that god awful movie.

    Well to be fair casting Ben Assleck will do that to most movies.


    True!
  • JK_LivinJK_Livin Posts: 7,365
    I loved Without Remorse. I always hoped they'd make a movie from it. RIP Tom.
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    JK_Livin wrote:
    I loved Without Remorse. I always hoped they'd make a movie from it. RIP Tom.
    That was a great book. More story then techical filler then any of his other books.
  • JK_LivinJK_Livin Posts: 7,365
    Jason P wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    I loved Without Remorse. I always hoped they'd make a movie from it. RIP Tom.
    That was a great book. More story then techical filler then any of his other books.

    I may pick it up again once I get through the other books on my list.
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    JK_Livin wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    I loved Without Remorse. I always hoped they'd make a movie from it. RIP Tom.
    That was a great book. More story then techical filler then any of his other books.

    I may pick it up again once I get through the other books on my list.

    I never read that one all the way through. I checked it out from a library a long time ago and was halfway through only to find about 13 pages were missing. I took it back and I never got around to finding another copy and finishing it.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,799
    Read a lot of his books over the years, he actually made all that technical stuff interesting to this gal. :D

    RIP Tom, thanks for the hours of enjoyment.
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