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Tom Clancy is dead :(

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skiierman
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His last book coming out will be the last book I will ever read. No one writes more accurately about military technology, or foreshadows massive terrorist attacks better than him.

RIP

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html?_r=0
Oct 2 2013 5:43PM
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Mr.Huck
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Saw this on the news this morning. Really bummed. He was one of my favorite authors. Didn't know he was having health problems.
Oct 2 2013 6:16PM
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yuck
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... youre not gonna read any more books EVER because one guy died? i understand his contribution to that field of writing (and some dope ass video game inspiration) but why would you give up on books
Oct 2 2013 6:33PM
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skiierman
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Once you've tasted the best pussy, you're not too tempted to go risk 20 bucks on some cheap hooker.
Oct 2 2013 6:35PM
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Turner.
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And let's face it, it doesn't get any better than supermarket fiction. Good call on throwing in the towel.
Oct 2 2013 6:44PM
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Phooka
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Clive Cussler writes books that are like identical to his.
Oct 2 2013 7:41PM
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Terrorists devise a scheme to steal plans that need to be explained in layman terms for ransom under the watchful eye of corrupt Gypsie nationals. The plot twists when the Terrorists threaten to unravel the keystone of civilization with wild orgies, unless a sassy cop with street smarts can quell his pride long enough to stop the Terrorists once and for all.
Oct 2 2013 7:53PM
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yuck
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im starting to think the only book you have ever read was a Tom Clancy one
Oct 2 2013 8:14PM
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[hamnuts]
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fantastic author, it sucks that he was only 66
Oct 2 2013 8:30PM
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extravert
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Wait, Michael Crichton also died at 66. Weird
Oct 2 2013 8:39PM
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cornholio
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this was when i quit buying books
Oct 2 2013 9:00PM
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elinde
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Clive Cussler is not my favorite. His writing stile is so boring and monotonous, his stories incredibly predictable and they are all so similar it makes me want to kill myself. He doesn't even really write his own books anymore. Micheal Crichton wrote like a 7th grader, his ideas are alright but I can't stand reading that awful writing style. Never read Tom Clancy, although I do have several of his novels, it's just that I can't really get into that monotonous military thriller kind of book, so I'm putting off reading him. If you wan't well written, genuinely interesting thriller read Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Their story telling abilities are far superior to the more popular "authors" such as Clive Cussler, and I would like them to get more attention.
Oct 2 2013 10:33PM
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cornholio
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see i thought preston and child werent very well written. maybe it was just the book.

i liked crichton when i was in 7th grade, so you're probably right there

i did find a crichton/preston collab last time i was in the airport, it got me excited. it was like when nirvana released wishkah, back from the dead for one more round




Oct 2 2013 11:02PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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rip

inb4 he didnt directly make the game or whatever, his names on it.
Oct 2 2013 11:06PM
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skiierman
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It depends which ones you have... Red Storm Rising was really hard to get through and I never made it past the second chapter in Net Force. My favorites are Rainbow Six, Executive Orders (most insane ending ever, especially considering it came out a few years before 9/11) The Sum of All Fears and Without Remorse, just because its all about Clark going on a gruesome revenge killing spree... although the ending is cliche nowadays.
Oct 2 2013 11:14PM
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k-rob
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i got tired of his 6 page long rants about whatever weapon the hero happened to be using at any point in time but the hunt for red october was good.
Oct 3 2013 2:53AM
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cool_name
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odd name for a book, is it as good as his other ones?
Oct 3 2013 5:43PM
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