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Originally Posted by MaHuJa
Perhaps when he stopped writing his own books... 
Though at least I doubt they're as rich on factual errors as Dan Browns books.
I don't read either, though; Nowadays I'm reading "The design and evolution of c++" 
Or the wheel of time. Neither of which has anything at all to do with submarines.
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Yes, that too. Though I meant from The Sum of all Fears onwards. Without Remorse was a major disappointment...crime fiction Clancy? WTF was that? And there I was right up to the last chapter waiting for this Vietnam covert mission to take off (WARNING!!!! SPOILER AHEAD) ......................................woops aborted. By the way...did he take the plot from Rambo 2? Because it's very similar. Anyway...then after that he did Debt of Honour which you can skip the first 400 pages (can you say BLOATWARE???...I mean, do we really need a laymans description on how a theoretical collapse of the international stock markets could take place..oh perlease!) after that and towards the end, it does get very good though...two books in one. And the sequel is OK.
Though his critics got it right when they say his patriotism towards the end (and he plainly changes into a grumpy old-man before our eyes) makes him lose touch with reality. All of a sudden the US has become the Super Duper Power we all know only exists in Hollywood. I call it the "Independence Day Syndrome". 'We'll save the world and humanity all by ourselves'. :rotfl:
Sorry...I went off on a rant about Clancy. Didn't notice..
