richard09
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 | | Subject: Tom Clancy Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:10 pm | |
| OK, so he wasn't in the same class as Leonard and Pohl, but he produced some very popular stuff. I didn't read much of it, but I remember Patriot Games. The first part of the book, about the assassination attempt, is brilliantly well done. I was really quite disappointed with the later two-thirds of the book, which seemed very pedestrian. But he had talent, there's no doubt. Techno-thriller author and gaming franchise Tom Clancy dies at 66 |
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NoCoPilot
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| | Subject: Re: Tom Clancy Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:24 pm | |
| Never read anything of his. He always seemed, well, a bit "grocery store" for my tastes. |
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_Howard
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| | Subject: Re: Tom Clancy Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:58 am | |
| Tom Clancy wrote books that made entertaining movies, but I found them to be very ponderous reading. |
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