RIP Tom Clancy

[Hawk]

 I was never a big reader, but Tom Clancy has always been one of my all time favorites.

 

Died in hospital at age 66

[Doyle]

What was his best book?  He's is one of the few that I've never read.

[Darth Biscuit]

wtf???

 

He's dead?  Why?

 

 

I've read almost all of his works.  His Jack Ryan series is great.

 

"Without Remorse" is probably the best followed closely by "Sum of all Fears" or "Hunt for Red October"

 

 

Shocked that he's dead.

[Hawk]

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/tom-clancy-bestselling-novelist-dies-at-66-2

 

 

totally agree on the Jack Ryan stuff....I read those things cover to cover and couldn't put them down...and as I said before, I'm not a big reader

[Growl]

I was really disappointed when I heard this. Clancy was a great guy and a great author. In a better place now.

[P.I.A]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!?!?!?! No :/ I'm just reading his latest book!!!!

[Mr. Scot]

Man. Hate to hear that :(

[davos]

Net Force was an awesome book and series.  One of my faves period

[Davidson Deac II]

I joined the Navy in 1986 and I don't think I would have made it through several long deployments without Tom Clancy novels.  The first 5 or 6 he did were really excellent.  After that, it became somewhat hit and miss, but most of his books were still very popular.   

 

I liked the Ryan series, but Red Storm Rising was probably my favorite Clancy novel. 

[Anybodyhome]

I joined the Navy in 1986 and I don't think I would have made it through several long deployments without Tom Clancy novels.  The first 5 or 6 he did were really excellent.  After that, it became somewhat hit and miss, but most of his books were still very popular.   

 

I liked the Ryan series, but Red Storm Rising was probably my favorite Clancy novel. 

 

In 1986 I had just made Chief and had been assigned to the commissioning crew on USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the first VLS equipped guided missile cruiser.

 

For obvious reasons, we commissioned her in Boston, which also happened to be our Skipper's hometown. We spent a week in Boston and, without question, one of the best stateside port calls I ever made. Anyway, I think he and the Skipper were friends and Clancy actually rode with us from Boston down to Annapolis, our next stop. He was genuinely a very nice guy and, back then, all we could talk about was how did he know so much about the technology we had on those ships, especially the Aegis combat system with its SPY-1 phased array radar system, which was relatively new at the time.

 

A couple years later I was stationed at the submarine base in Point Loma, San Diego and met Sean Connery along with some of the other folks working on the "Hunt for Red October" movie, which was being filmed onboard one of the subs.

 

[cptx]

The Ryan books are great, but my favorite one is Red Storm Rising. It'd be hard to guess how many times I've read that book. Without Remorse is also a great read.

 

Bummer

[cookinwithgas]

I liked his first few books. His non fiction stuff about different elements of the Armed Forces are pretty good sources of easy to digest information. I am indebted to him whenever anyone asks what I did in the Navy, as I can just say I was like that guy Jonesy in Red October.

[Davidson Deac II]

In 1986 I had just made Chief and had been assigned to the commissioning crew on USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the first VLS equipped guided missile cruiser.

 

For obvious reasons, we commissioned her in Boston, which also happened to be our Skipper's hometown. We spent a week in Boston and, without question, one of the best stateside port calls I ever made. Anyway, I think he and the Skipper were friends and Clancy actually rode with us from Boston down to Annapolis, our next stop. He was genuinely a very nice guy and, back then, all we could talk about was how did he know so much about the technology we had on those ships, especially the Aegis combat system with its SPY-1 phased array radar system, which was relatively new at the time.

 

A couple years later I was stationed at the submarine base in Point Loma, San Diego and met Sean Connery along with some of the other folks working on the "Hunt for Red October" movie, which was being filmed onboard one of the subs.

 

 

 

Our skipper invited him aboard the Iowa in part because USS Iowa was mentioned in Red Storm Rising.  I think he used this picture on one of his books.

 

[charlotte49er]

His books were always better than the movies.  (Most are.)

 

The first book I read of his was "Hunt for Red October."  Then, I read all the Jack Ryan books. 

 

I always felt he was like the Military Uncle that you only saw every so often.  Always great stories and someone you liked being around.

 

RIP Tom