Author Tom Clancy dead at age 66

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mirth

#45
October 02, 2013, 06:41:08 PM
Hey guys, did you hear Tom Clancy passed....oh never mind.
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#46
October 02, 2013, 09:18:49 PM
Apparently I'm the last to hear the news. RIP Tom. He was one of my favorite authors. Just started listening to RSR on Audible (again) at work yesterday.
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#47
October 02, 2013, 09:19:45 PM
we're actually up to 7
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#48
October 02, 2013, 09:42:01 PM
some very interesting Clancy - Bond backstory involving Harpoon. 

http://paxsims.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-gamemaster/

Matt would know, too, as he's close to Bond and Carlson.
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#49
October 02, 2013, 09:47:18 PM
without Harpoon and Bond there would be no RSR or HfRO.  simple as that.
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#50
October 02, 2013, 11:24:32 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 02, 2013, 04:57:06 PM
I read several of his books and loved them...Red Storm Rising, Cardinal of the Kremlin, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games...

R.I.P Tom.


Jarhead - I'd be interested to know what books he didn't write but were under his name. I hate when publishers do that.

*EDIT*
Actually nm JH - I'll do some research.

I'm pretty sure the ones with only his name as a sub-title were the series books. Net Force, Op Center, stuff like that.

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#51
October 03, 2013, 12:43:13 AM
If your avatar isn't a reference to a Clancy book, you weren't a real fan.   8)
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#52
October 03, 2013, 12:55:10 AM
some dont need to be conformist to cite chapter and verse yee whos never had a surfing avatar.
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#53
October 03, 2013, 08:53:10 AM
He was a great author and could make sense of the complex modern weapon systems and how they're used. But he lent his name to some of the best early computer games also including a contender for best sub sim of all time, "Red Storm Rising" named after his book. A real gem on my old Amiga. Was that 1988 or 89? Anybody got backstory on that game and how much Tom had to do with it?
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#54
October 03, 2013, 01:00:48 PM
There's peeps around here that know more detail, but Clancy worked with Larry Bond to write the naval warfare aspects of Red Storm Rising; those chapters in the book are basically AARs of their battles.

The Red Storm Rising game was indeed a lot of fun. I tried it on the store PC when I worked at Babbage's back in '88-'90 or so and enjoyed it, even though I'm not a big fan of sub sims. Ironic, since a sub sim (Silent Service) got me fired from that job, actually. Stupid submarine NES cartridges.

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#55
October 03, 2013, 01:12:54 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 03, 2013, 01:00:48 PM
There's peeps around here that know more detail, but Clancy worked with Larry Bond to write the naval warfare aspects of Red Storm Rising; those chapters in the book are basically AARs of their battles.

go up to post #48 in this thread and read the link :)
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#56
October 03, 2013, 01:47:15 PM
The only thing about Clancy that annoyed me was his denial of the Vampire games, using Harpoon, to playtest the carrier group off of North Cape in Red Storm Rising.
Everyone knew it happened, there were at least fifteen local DC area gamers involved, but he acted like it was only a fairy tale.
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#57
October 03, 2013, 01:53:17 PM
A few posts back are links to where Larry Bond confirmed it.
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#58
October 03, 2013, 02:07:55 PM
Sad news indeed.  I'm a big fan of Red Storm Rising and (most of) his Jack Ryan & John Clark novels.  He'll be missed. 

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#59
October 03, 2013, 02:18:49 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 03, 2013, 08:53:10 AM
He was a great author and could make sense of the complex modern weapon systems and how they're used. But he lent his name to some of the best early computer games also including a contender for best sub sim of all time, "Red Storm Rising" named after his book. A real gem on my old Amiga. Was that 1988 or 89? Anybody got backstory on that game and how much Tom had to do with it?

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