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R.I.P.; Tom Clancy
Topic Started: Oct 2 2013, 08:10 AM (359 Views)
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Too soon, enjoyed him.

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Good writer.
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I read Hunt for Red October shortly after it came out back in the 80's and although I didn't think it was exceptional, I found it enjoyable. Didn't care for Red Dawn Rising. Can't recall if I even finished Cardinal of the Kremlin. As with most novels, with the sole exception of John Le Carre, not my cup of tea.
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Clancy provided me many hours of reading enjoyment. He got a bit too technical sometimes. but still a lot f good stuff.

RIP, Mr. Clancy.
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HFRO was an entertaining story. When it first came out, many of us in the submarine community felt we would have been imprisoned had we written it, due to the information disclosed in it.

I wasn't a big fan of his writing style. Example: "He manipulated the steaks on the grill." Manipulated????

RIP, Mr. Clancy.
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OperaTenor
Oct 2 2013, 11:04 AM
I wasn't a big fan of his writing style. Example: "He manipulated the steaks on the grill." Manipulated????
I can let that pass if he meant to say that he was placing them on there. But let's be honest, his stories were always about his ideas, not really his prose.

RIP, sir.
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AlbertaCrude
Oct 2 2013, 09:13 AM
I read Hunt for Red October shortly after it came out back in the 80's and although I didn't think it was exceptional, I found it enjoyable. Didn't care for Red Dawn Rising. Can't recall if I even finished Cardinal of the Kremlin. As with most novels, with the sole exception of John Le Carre, not my cup of tea.
i agree

HFRO was really the only one i thought was readable.

and john le carre is in a different league altogether.



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Ok what John Le Carre should i try?
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I don't know maybe start with the trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy and; Smiley's People. I always liked A Perfect Spy and The Russia House. Last year my wife read The Constant Gardener and enjoyed it very much. I have to admit it's been quite a while since I have read any of his books. As I say, I am not much for novels.
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Yeah, me neither. My wife jokes that I read one novel a year whether I need to or not.
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Oct 2 2013, 11:09 AM
OperaTenor
Oct 2 2013, 11:04 AM
I wasn't a big fan of his writing style. Example: "He manipulated the steaks on the grill." Manipulated????
I can let that pass if he meant to say that he was placing them on there. But let's be honest, his stories were always about his ideas, not really his prose.

RIP, sir.
If I recall the context of the phrase correctly, it was in reference to him turning them on the grill.

I get your point. For me, in reading for entertainment, the prose matters.



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I've never read any of Clancy's books, as I rarely read books like the ones he wrote.
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It helped that the deck was now in the shade, and there was a slight northerly breeze. Jack manipulated the steaks over the coals. There were a few boats out on the bay but most of them seemed to be heading back to the harbor. Jack nearly jumped out of his skin when a jet fighter screamed past the cliff. He turned in time to see the white-painted aircraft headed south.

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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jon-nyc
Oct 2 2013, 02:53 PM
Yeah, me neither. My wife jokes that I read one novel a year whether I need to or not.
I haven't even managed that in the last five years or so. I applaud your annual effort.
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Oct 2 2013, 04:03 PM
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It helped that the deck was now in the shade, and there was a slight northerly breeze. Jack manipulated the steaks over the coals. There were a few boats out on the bay but most of them seemed to be heading back to the harbor. Jack nearly jumped out of his skin when a jet fighter screamed past the cliff. He turned in time to see the white-painted aircraft headed south.

I see his reputation as master of the cliff-hanger is well deserved. How'd that steak turn out???
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Whoever answers put it in a spoiler bracket, please. I've not read it yet.
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Oct 2 2013, 04:50 PM

I see his reputation as master of the cliff-hanger is well deserved. How'd that steak turn out???

I don't want to give away the steak, but just a clue:

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"Jack, Cathy, that was a wonderful dinner," His Highness pronounced.

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Oh, I wasn't aware that Justin Beiber was one of his characters.
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Oct 2 2013, 04:03 PM
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It helped that the deck was now in the shade, and there was a slight northerly breeze. Jack manipulated the steaks over the coals. There were a few boats out on the bay but most of them seemed to be heading back to the harbor. Jack nearly jumped out of his skin when a jet fighter screamed past the cliff. He turned in time to see the white-painted aircraft headed south.

Yep, that's the one. Such a clumsy word.



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jon-nyc
Oct 2 2013, 12:49 PM
Ok what John Le Carre should i try?
yes the Karla trilogy starting with tinker tailor.

all a bit dated because it's set deep in cold war soviet intrigue.

but the writing style is unsurpasssed and quite unique.

very british. almost john d'oh-ish.
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