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1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#1 Posted 8 years ago	+ 5 Ditto [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
Probably my favorite author, Clancy's ultra-realistic military novels are incredible. My favorite novel of his would have to be Rainbow 6. What are your favorite novels?

Shura0107

#2 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #1: yeah, r6!

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#3 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Shura0107, #2: yes, but how many of you read it years before the game with the same name was released?

hizzy

#4 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
i think i have... i'm not too sure... i know i read "the hunt for red october" before the game, and i knew of Clancy then, but im not sure if the game got me to read the book, or if 'the hunt' did. in either case, i love his work

katanafleetd

#5 Posted 8 years ago	+ 3 Ditto [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #3: I did and strangely enough I am rereading it right now. I think my favorite of his is Without Remorse. Clark is just so badass in that book. The second place book on my list is Red Storm Rising. That is one of the most well written and engaging books I have read.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#6 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #5: ya. that is the meaning of revenge in Without Remorse. SPOILER He puts the guy in a fucking decompression chamber for christ sake!

katanafleetd

#7 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #6: I loved how he takes on the whole lot of them at the end of it. Definitely one of the coolest characters ever written. Even as a commander in R6.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#8 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #7: yes. all of his novels are exelent. what was your opinion of his cowritten series books (i.e. Net Force, etc..). I personally liked them. Net Force in particular.

katanafleetd

#9 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #8: You know I haven't read those. I've read all of his novels several times and a couple of the nonfic ones but never got around to the cowritten stuff.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#10 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #9: they are quite good. if you have time, you should check them out.

katanafleetd

#11 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #10: Well right now I have two books going and six unread ones on the bookshelf. So it will be another week or so before I get anything new.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#12 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #11: well, in the fture, make a note to read them. worth the time

Gunsman

In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #8:

I read Rainbow 6 before it was a game, enjoyed it too. It's really hard for me to pick a favorite out of the Jack Ryan universe, but it's between Cardinal of the Kremlin and The Sum of All Fears. Although, I think that the book to movie translation of The Sum of All Fears is probably the worst adaptation ever.

As to my opinion on co-written novels, I enjoyed Op-Center most. I read up until Divide and Conquer then got side tracked by something else. Now I hear that someone else has taken over the series, what's that all about?

katanafleetd

#14 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Gunsman, #13: The first few movies were pretty decent But Sum of All Fears changed so many things. Jack's age, his marital status, Clark's age, who was building the bomb, where the bomb went. Numerous other things. It wasn't even a very good movie ignoring that stuff.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#15 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Gunsman, #13: i dont know about that. The last Op-Center series book i have is "Line of Controll"

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#16 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #14: ya. i didnt like the movie at all. But i did like Hunt for Red October and both of the Harrison Ford adaptations.

Gunsman

#17 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #14: Thing is I wasn't going to see it at all, there was zero desire after seeing the trailers. But my mom said some friends of a friend, who were apparently Clancy fans, saw it and said it was good. HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH CAN YOU BE A CLANCY FAN AND SAY THAT? It was total plot butchery.

katanafleetd

#18 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #16: Yeah those were good. Can't go wrong with Sean COnnery as Ramius.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#19 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Gunsman, #17: some people just dont understand...

Gunsman

#20 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #16: I still have my Hunt For Red October VHS and soundtrack, as well as the Harrison Ford movies on DVD.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#21 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Gunsman, #20: ya. ive watched HfRO probably 100 times (literally)

katanafleetd

#22 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Gunsman, #20: Has anyone heard anything about new stuff from Clancy recently? Teeth of the Tiger came out sometime in 2003.

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#23 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to katanafleetd, #22: no i havent... it takes some time to write a novel, and he usually has a 2-3 year turn around period per novel...

benf_2004

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#24 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #1: I've read all of his fiction novels not written as a part of any series, several Net Force books, and a couple of the Power Plays books. Clancy is one of my two favorite authors. I don't think I could just pick one favorite book of his though...there are just too many good ones.

TUNNELRAT

#25 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #3: I did.

Qwirtle

#26 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to TUNNELRAT, #25: I read it before they turned it into a game, when it came out my pc was too slow anyway.....but its my fave Tom Clancy book.

bilski101

#27 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
My favorite books were probably Deby of Honor and Executive Orders. I just loved the insane storyline. Anyone else?

bilski101

#28 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to bilski101, #27: Dammit I meant Debt of Honor.

Sabletooth

#29 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to 1nF3Rn0, #6: DONT TELL A FREAKIN THING! im reading it right now, im at the point where he starts hitting on that nurse O'Toole but she says it's to early for both of them and he has just gotten renamed Clark (what's wrong with Kelly??).

1nF3Rn0

Heli Pilot

#30 Posted 8 years ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to Sabletooth, #29: i put spoiler there :P

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