I'm bummed...I read through literally every Jack Ryan/John Clark book this summer for the second time, was waiting to see what comes next. Supposedly Command Authority will be released around christmas along with the new movie??
CrackRabbit
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I really enjoyed reading his novels when I had free time to do that.
He was the Michael Crichton of Cold War military fiction.
wow, caught me by surprise too. have read a lot of his books, weird that there was no sickness or anything reported for him.
For those who are still reading the Jack Ryan books are the newer co-authored ones worth reading?
The last few that he wrote himself (particularly Teeth of the Tiger) seemed geared for action movie junkies with short attention spans.
I avoided all of the co-authored stuff, now that there won't be any more of his own I may need to go back and read them.
Viper GTS
The last few that he wrote himself (particularly Teeth of the Tiger) seemed geared for action movie junkies with short attention spans.
I avoided all of the co-authored stuff, now that there won't be any more of his own I may need to go back and read them.
Viper GTS
sdifox
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I liked Teeth of the Tiger, I thought Executive Orders was quite good. Threat vector I didn't like much at all til the second time through. Everything after Sum of All Fears gets a lot more...implausible, I guess?? I thought Sum of All Fears was probably the best of the series, and everything before that is pretty much required reading.
GagHalfrunt
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- Apr 19, 2001
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acheron
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Executive Orders was the last one that I liked a lot. I guess Rainbow Six was pretty good but kind of.. video gamey, maybe? You can totally divide it up into levels and a final boss encounter. Bear and the Dragon and Red Rabbit were kind of meh, and Teeth of the Tiger I didn't like at all. Didn't read any after that but I guess they were "co-authored"/ghost written then anyway.
Favorites were Red Storm Rising, Sum of All Fears, and Without Remorse. I seem to remember liking Red October a lot too but at this point all I can remember is the movie.
Favorites were Red Storm Rising, Sum of All Fears, and Without Remorse. I seem to remember liking Red October a lot too but at this point all I can remember is the movie.
NikolaeVarius
Lifer
- Oct 25, 2006
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Sum of all Fears and Red Storm Rising gave me such nerd boners when I read them.
They were so damn good.
They were so damn good.
I thought that they went downhill a loooong time ago. Bear and the Dragon was awful and made me give up on his books altogether.
Sorry if it sounds like I'm trying to be a hater, I thought Tom Clancy's early books were very entertaining but by the end he was little more than a brand name.
Ns1
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Paratus
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- Jun 4, 2004
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Best chapter in the book was "Dance of the Vampires". The description of the Nimitz battle group trying to shoot down all the incoming anti-ship missiles was awesome.
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