On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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 Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:59 am Post subject: Tom Clancy is dead |
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Tom Clancy, the author of well-known military and spy thrillers like The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games, died Tuesday at a hospital in Baltimore. He was 66. His publisher confirmed news of his death but did not disclose a cause.
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I never read anything by him. Not really my thing, even when I was into fiction. Saw a couple of movies based on his books. Okay for a bored Sunday afternoon.
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augustine
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
Location: México
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| Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Just read about this before seeing it here. I tried to read a couple Clancy books from my dad's library in high school, but they didn't click with me. The American noir fiction always murdered that second rate spy novel schtick, to me, at least. I know he was also American, but Clancy was always someone I viewed as a Fleming wannabe. Not a bad writer or story creator or anything like that; just an asshole, and I'm not in a position to judge, either. Shit, I just did that, didn't I.
Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games are great movies, though. |
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