Tom Clancy is gone.

Huh. I was never a fan, but I can't really celebrate the guy's death, either. I guess I'm neutral about it.
 
I read a lot of his books when I was younger; not so much in the last 10 or 15 years. I thought he was older than 66 for sure. Seems a shame to go that young.
 
Anytime a good author passes away it is a loss. Like him or not, the man was a very gifted individual with words, otherwise no one would have ever heard of him. RIP Mr. Clancy, and thank you for the stories.
 
I gotta say I loved his video games, the interface and realism were quite good. Wasn't a big fan of his books, but I know my dad was.
 
Why would you/anyone celebrate his death????

Sheesh. :(
 
I absolutely loved his books.
The movies that were made loosely "based on the books" are a large part of why I no longer watch movies. After reading the books the movies were absolutely horrible.
RIP Tom, you gave me many hours of happiness and even a few tears while reading your work.
 
A sad day indeed.

I have enjoyed most all his stories no matter what medium they came in.

Just finished Locked On a couple of weeks ago. Thoroughly enjoyed the fast paced and complex world atmosphere that he presented. Read a couple of his newer books over the summer and only read two of older offerings, Rainbow Six and Without Remorse. I know I have a hard cover Clear and Present Danger looming around that will be put in the queue.

Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon are both fun games but my favorite is the Rainbow Six series. I love the careful pace you have to take while moving which then leads to unexpected and explosive fire fights as opposed to the run and gun twitch fest the way most current shooters play out. (I generally like those too:D) Terrorist hunt online is one of the most fun gaming experience I have engaged in. Still fun after five years.

I have enjoyed his movies as well. Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford are both at the proper age for President Jack Ryan. Sadly now that may just be wishful thinking.
 
My introduction to Clancy came in the summer of 1986. I was flying to Charleston Naval Base for my "VIP tour" as a nuclear power officer recruit and there were about a dozen others with me on the flight from Atlanta to Charleston. Every single one of them was reading The Hunt for Red October as background for their interviews. My recruiter, being an aviator, had not thought to suggest it to me. I bought a copy as soon as we landed and started reading. I could not put it down.

While I loved Red Storm Rising, my interest in his genre faded and I have not read anything he's written since A Clear and Present Danger. My son loves his video games, however.
 
I read his latest recently, and one more is scheduled for release later this year. His writing will be missed. I miss Crighton too. Sadly, his last was poorly done, not up to snuff.
 
Not a fan of his books, but sad that he passed. Anyone who cultivates a love of reading gets my heartfelt thanks.
 
Mr. Clancy was one of my favorite authors. I have read all his books and have yet to be dissapointed. I don't think that any of the movies made based on his books, really captured the essence of any of them. I always thought that it will be interesting if somebody made the movie "Red storm rising". He will be missed.
 
His were the spy/military thrillers I read.
Sad to hear of his passing.

DC
 
Alvaro Candanedo said:
I always thought that it will be interesting if somebody made the movie "Red storm rising". He will be missed.
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Me too. I loved Red Storm Rising, and I still read it every other year.

Funny little piece of trivia: I served on the USS Nimitz from 1985-89. During that time I read Hunt for Red October, and the guy who ran our workcenter (arresting gear) kept telling me I needed to Read Red Storm Rising. When I finally did, I realized why: during a Soviet cruise missile attack, the Nimitz is hit twice - at the LSO platform and the #2 arrestor wire. At the time I ran #2 arresting gear engine. I kept telling my workcenter supervisor that I didn't appreciate being blown up like that. ;)

Even funnier was that when we transited Cape Horn (southern tip of South America), there were signs all over the entire ship stating "Missile Hazard Area". These signs had to be placed on any door to a space where there might be items not tied down or secured, because the weather was going to be so rough. (It was some of the worst weather I've ever seen in my life.) The guys in our workcenter harassed me for months after that.

~Chris
 
I saw an interview with Clancey. He mentioned that some military big-wigs had drilled him as to where he had gotten clearance to publish a lot of his tech info on secret systems and weapons capabilities. He said that he just researched public information and some of it he just made up out of whole cloth, never dreaming how close he was to factual secrets and proceedures. If anyone liked Clancy and wants more of the genre, don't overlook Dale Brown.
 
I like Dale Brown as well. Very good writer, and technically accurate as well - not quite at the level Clancy was, but close enough to make his books really good reads.

My dad loved Hunt for Red October - he was a missile tech on ballistic missile subs in the 60's & 70's; he was around for the first missile systems (Polaris) to be put into subs in the 60's. A few years ago I read a non-fiction book by John Piña Craven, called The Silent War. Craven had been one of the scientists who helped engineer those first submarine missile systems.

My dad was stunned, almost speechless, when I told him some of what was in Silent War. Basically, he told me that he and the guys he served with were told they would never be able to tell anyone in their lifetimes what they had done in the Navy, under threat of incarceration. But he did know from what Clancy wrote, that a lot of very technical, supposedly "secret" info was available if anyone just wanted to look for it.

~Chris
 
He was a great author, and many loved his books, and movies based on his books.
He will be missed. This stinks, a couple of really good authors have passed away in the last few months.

My favorite author Vince Flynn just passed away too.
 
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