What are you reading right now?

[Jimbuna]

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

HAHA! Made my afternoon right there. There's two of those things. I can't look at them with a straight face.

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

My Dad's got that. I haven't read it yet. Perhaps I shouldn't...

I've heard some negative things about it. I'm going to go ahead and read it because I can.

[Raptor1]

Was SSN actually written by Tom Clancy? I've not read it, so I can't say, but given how much it apparently sucks I've been under the impression that it was one of those collaborations where Martin Greenberg did much of the actual writing while Tom Clancy was mostly involved by having his name put on it.

While I'm here, I suppose I might as well list what I am reading right now:

Non-fiction:

Frederick the Great: A Military Life by Christopher Duffy

Fiction:

World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
Flight of the Falcon by Victor Milán

Comic books:

Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
52 by a whole bunch of people

Usually I only read one or two books at a time, but somehow I've managed to accumulate this many. I have even more books I'm part way through, but these are the only ones I am actively reading. Also, I should really find something actually submarine-related to read at some point...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Was SSN actually written by Tom Clancy? I've not read it, so I can't say, but given how much it apparently sucks I've been under the impression that it was one of those collaborations where Martin Greenberg did much of the actual writing while Tom Clancy was mostly involved by having his name put on it.

I've tried telling him before, but he just put on his Tom Clancy headphones, surrounded himself with a wall made from Tom Clancy (et al ) novels, and played Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. until I ran out of breath.

Wow - six things on the go Raptor1! I'm lucky if I can manage more than one.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I've tried telling him before, but he just put on his Tom Clancy headphones, surrounded himself with a wall made from Tom Clancy (et al ) novels, and played Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. until I ran out of breath.

I actually just finished the HAWX Novel...it was a pretty sad excuse for a novel. I love Clancy's stuff...so you can't change my mind on it. I liked Threat Vector...and Dead or Alive...and Locked On....and Against All Enemies....and The Teeth of the Tiger....

Which all happened to be a bit farfetched I do think. The Campus thing couldn't possibly exist...

[Jimbuna]

Hope to start reading this in the next day or so.

[Dammit_Carl!]

Taking another run at The Sword and the Shield; The Mitrokhin Archive and the History of the KGB.

I love spy stuff, but dang is this one a slog.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Was SSN actually written by Tom Clancy? I've not read it, so I can't say, but given how much it apparently sucks I've been under the impression that it was one of those collaborations where Martin Greenberg did much of the actual writing while Tom Clancy was mostly involved by having his name put on it.

I'm told that you can't even tell that Clancy wrote it. It's probably just the "Let's put his name on it so it will sell" type of things.