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brassnuts
04-01-2005, 10:12 PM
I'm watching Patriot Games right now. Any time I watch either this, Hunt for Red October, or Clear and Present Danger, it always reminds me of how disgusted I was with The Sum of All Fears. First of all, they dropped Ryan's character back down to status of a rookie analyst. Secondly, they casted Affleck. Just needed to get this little miniature rant off my chest.
moondogg
04-01-2005, 10:14 PM
Considering that Sum of All Fears was unquestionably Clancy's worst book, it all fits.
miajag81
04-01-2005, 11:01 PM
Really? It was the first one I read and I quite enjoyed it. But yes, the movie blew.
gvibes
04-01-2005, 11:23 PM
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Considering that Sum of All Fears was unquestionably Clancy's worst book, it all fits.

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Wasn't it basically about 700 pages on how to make an atomic bomb? That's all I remember of it, at least.
radek2166
04-01-2005, 11:23 PM
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Considering that Sum of All Fears was unquestionably Clancy's worst book, it all fits.

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Nice call!
youtalkfunny
04-02-2005, 03:33 AM
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Considering that Sum of All Fears was unquestionably Clancy's worst book, it all fits.

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Nice call!

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I guess you guys didn't read "Teeth of the Tiger".
__Q__
04-02-2005, 04:35 AM
You make it sound as if Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger were some kind of master peices
brassnuts
04-02-2005, 04:55 AM
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You make it sound as if Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger were some kind of master peices

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They were good action flicks. Nothing spectacular, but I enjoy them all a lot, especially HFRO.
Jack of Arcades
04-02-2005, 01:19 PM
Yeah, but Tom Clancy didn't write that book.
AncientPC
04-02-2005, 01:46 PM
The books were much better than the movies IMO.
youtalkfunny
04-02-2005, 07:14 PM
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Yeah, but Tom Clancy didn't write that book.

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Jack of Arcades
04-02-2005, 08:28 PM
As the series progressed, Tom Clancy more or less comes up with a general outline of the book, which is fleshed out by ghostwriters.
youtalkfunny
04-03-2005, 04:05 AM
That's disappointing.

I thought many of the more recent books were his best (Executive Order, Debt of Honor, and especially The Bear and the Dragon). Though the last two (Red Rabbit, Tiger) just plain stunk.

Are you sure you're not thinking about the "Op-Center" series? I knew he didn't write those.

(The end of "Debt of Honor" just absolutely blew me away. I was totally into it. I put the book down, and just sat there, stunned, for several minutes.)