How About The WORST Naval/Submarine You've Ever Read?

Konovalov · 11-09-07, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Anyone else noticed how Tom Clancy's books get longer with each one published but take even longer to actually ge to the story and the action?

That probably explains why I only got as far as The Sum of All Fears. I should have given up at the Kardinal of the Kremlin.

Big Paul · 11-11-07, 02:20 PM

I don't mind Clancy, although I do agree with an earlier post that he appears to be living his life vicariously through Jack Ryan! The technical stuff did get a bit long winded in the end, and Ryan's rise to president was pretty laughable, where next? The Pope? God? I gave up after The Bear and the Dragon. As for SSN, it had me in convulsions of laughter after the first few chapters. One thing that REALLY gets on my goat is how he has every English character saying "Quite" at every opportunity. As for Patriot Games, I think he sees us Paddys as saying "Begorrah" and "Saints Alive" at every turn. His greatest crime is referring to Guinness as beer and writing that it has "a thin layer of foam"

He needs shot for that!

Patrick Robinson's books are pretty much brain out books, I somehow can't imagine an SAS man doing a miraculous conversion to Islam and becoming a one man military machine. As for Admiral Morgan, I quite like him, he's quite a guy! Good books for a boring night with nothing on telly.

Worst factual (and I use that term VERY loosely) book is Red Star Rogue, pure supposition from cover to cover, read it once and put it in the bookcase where it has stayed to this day, I'd donate it to our local charity shop, but I wouldn't want some poor soul reading it and taking it seriously.

Worst film was Crimson Tide.

Das Boot for Beavis and Butthead viewers. If I was Gene Hackman, the XO would have been rendered unconcious and handcuffed in the ships storeroom. It made Red October seem like a documentary.

XabbaRus · 11-11-07, 03:50 PM

I am going to get Red Star Rogue from the library purely to see how dumb it is.

Also I want to read that recent one on the Scorpion sinking.

Scary thing is people seem to believe it.

Subnuts · 11-11-07, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Also I want to read that recent one on the Scorpion sinking.

Let's just say that had my original, uncensored review of Scorpion Down been published on this site, Neal and I would have been the targets of a libel suit from the author by now.

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I am going to get Red Star Rogue from the library purely to see how dumb it is. Also I want to read that recent one on the Scorpion sinking. Scary thing is people seem to believe it. __________________

11-11-07, 02:20 PM	#2
Big Paul Watch Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 26 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I don't mind Clancy, although I do agree with an earlier post that he appears to be living his life vicariously through Jack Ryan! The technical stuff did get a bit long winded in the end, and Ryan's rise to president was pretty laughable, where next? The Pope? God? I gave up after The Bear and the Dragon. As for SSN, it had me in convulsions of laughter after the first few chapters. One thing that REALLY gets on my goat is how he has every English character saying "Quite" at every opportunity. As for Patriot Games, I think he sees us Paddys as saying "Begorrah" and "Saints Alive" at every turn. His greatest crime is referring to Guinness as beer and writing that it has "a thin layer of foam" He needs shot for that! Patrick Robinson's books are pretty much brain out books, I somehow can't imagine an SAS man doing a miraculous conversion to Islam and becoming a one man military machine. As for Admiral Morgan, I quite like him, he's quite a guy! Good books for a boring night with nothing on telly. Worst factual (and I use that term VERY loosely) book is Red Star Rogue, pure supposition from cover to cover, read it once and put it in the bookcase where it has stayed to this day, I'd donate it to our local charity shop, but I wouldn't want some poor soul reading it and taking it seriously. Worst film was Crimson Tide. Das Boot for Beavis and Butthead viewers. If I was Gene Hackman, the XO would have been rendered unconcious and handcuffed in the ships storeroom. It made Red October seem like a documentary.