Tom Clancy's Books

[CaptainRamius]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Red October/Red Storm Rising are fantastic reads. Cardinal of the Kremlin is good too.

The later stuff I didn't take to. Felt like Republican policy proposals masquerading as fiction. Which isn't normally a problem for me, it's just that the effort that went into the storytelling seemed to drop lower and lower as time passed. And conservative Catholics should never try to write about sex. Yack.

I'm just starting Patriot Games, I ought to be in for a good time

[Red October1984]

I'm a big Tom Clancy fanboy. Absolutely loved all of his books leading up to Locked On (last one I read). Haven't cared so much to keep up with the new ones although I will read them someday. The books were so much better before 2002.

If I had to pick a favorite, I couldn't. I loved all of them.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by CaptainRamius

I'm just starting Patriot Games, I ought to be in for a good time

Hmmm. As an Irishman that one was difficult to read. Was getting spasms from rolling my eyes so much.

[GT182]

I've been buying his Jack Ryan Jr based hardcover books at Barnes and Knobles when they go on sale for $6.98. These are the ones that have at least 3 to 400 pages to keep you going. Great reading that you can't put down.

[mapuc]

I have read
Red Storm Rising
Hunt For Red October and
The Bear and the Dragon

I Would be glad if they made a movie of the Red Storm Rising.

Markus

[Spoon 11th]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I Would be glad if they made a movie of the Red Storm Rising.

That movie would have to be 20 hours long. So many plotlines.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

That movie would have to be 20 hours long. So many plotlines.

I once had a class where I had to choose a book and basically step into the shoes of a character. I did Toland from RSR. Had to write up a bunch of stuff from his point of view and put it into a binder. I ended up with a halfway decent little supplement to the book.

EDIT: I just remembered two very excellent books I read that were similar. Team Yankee and Sword Point by Harold Coyle. Enjoyed them just as much as any of Clancy's books. Read them if you can.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

That movie would have to be 20 hours long. So many plotlines.

Been some years since I last read the book and I'm not an movie author, so maybe you could be right.

Markus

[CaptainRamius]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Been some years since I last read the book and I'm not an movie author, so maybe you could be right.

Markus

Oh, he's right. That book has so many plot lines, I could fill a movie with them.
Hey, wait a minute...