What are we reading?

[mirth]

Picked up a hardback copy of Clancy's 'Bear and the Dragon' for 50 cents. Giving that a quick re-read.

[BanzaiCat]

Picked up a hardback copy of Clancy's 'Bear and the Dragon' for 50 cents. Giving that a quick re-read.

Is that about China mixing it up with the Soviets?

[mirth]

That's the one. The political stuff gets stale, but the battles are as entertaining as ever.

[BanzaiCat]

Not a bad read. Not anywhere near RSR, but still it scratches the massive-modern-tank-battle itch, which I think is kind of a fetish around here.

[Barthheart]

I thought that was his worst book... haven't read anything of his since... although now that I think about it he's not put much else out has he?  ???

[BanzaiCat]

Kind of hard to when you're dead.  O:-)

[Barthheart]

Well there's that.....  :P

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

That's the one. The political stuff gets stale, but the battles are as entertaining as ever.

Is that the one which starts out with the RPG attack in Moscow?  Clancy reluctantly admits the car was German-built but then proudly proclaims "but the bullet proof glass was MADE IN MURICA!!!!!!!" 

[BanzaiCat]

Well there's that.....  :P

LOL I figured you knew that, I couldn't resist being a smart-arse though.

I'm not sure what his last books were. He did some weird Net-Force stuff that I never bothered with. RSR and his Carrier book are my favorites.

[mirth]

I thought that was his worst book... haven't read anything of his since... although now that I think about it he's not put much else out has he?  ???

Red Rabbit (came after Bear and Dragon) was his worst book. I stopped with the new stuff after that.

Bear and Dragon isn't his best work, but it's generally readable and far better than most other stuff in that genre.

[Gusington]

IIRC books are still being put out under the Clancy moniker by Writers-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Credited.

[mirth]

There are books still being published as "Tom Clancy's ...". The writer's do credited though.

[Gusington]

Probably Russian and Chinese translations.

[Barthheart]

I thought that was his worst book... haven't read anything of his since... although now that I think about it he's not put much else out has he?  ???

Red Rabbit (came after Bear and Dragon) was his worst book. I stopped with the new stuff after that.

Bear and Dragon isn't his best work, but it's generally readable and far better than most other stuff in that genre.

Red Rabbit, that's the one I couldn't remember... I didn't get that one specifically because Bear and Dragon sucked....

[mirth]

You did not miss anything by skipping Red Rabbit.