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Clancy is the greatest submariner ever lived.
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Clancy is a very good writer. You're not an expert so you shouldn't really judge.  Compared to Frederick Forsyth, he is infinitely better. Compared to Dickens, average, yes. But I think comparing modern writers to classical writers is unfair to begin with.
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Ken Follet is better than both of them.
"The Pillars of the Earth" is one of the best novels that I've ever read, though his more recent stuff seems... lacking. At any rate, all 3 are good writers and I think a definite notch above Dan Brown and other pot boiler writers.
Serious literature is all well and good, HG Wells, George Orwell, etc - but a diet of nothing but serious literature is like a life without pizza and cheese burgers. I mean, they may be the full meals but snacks are nice too
