Author Tom Clancy dead at age 66

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LongBlade

October 02, 2013, 09:42:45 AM
I just got a news flash on my phone that Tom Clancy has died.

Looking for info now.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

mirth

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October 02, 2013, 09:55:29 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

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October 02, 2013, 10:01:54 AM
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mirth

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October 02, 2013, 10:05:47 AM
Red Storm Rising is one of my all time favorites (I realize Larry Bond co-authored with TC). Clancy was by far the best when it came to techno-thrillers.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

BanzaiCat

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October 02, 2013, 10:13:05 AM
Tom Clancy, author of 'Hunt for Red October' and 'Patriot Games,' dead at 66

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/author-tom-clancy-dead-66-article-1.1473782

BanzaiCat

#6
October 02, 2013, 10:13:52 AM
This sucks. Red Storm Rising is one of my all-time favorites. And 66 is fairly young these days...damn.

Mr. Bigglesworth

#7
October 02, 2013, 10:16:59 AM
That sucks, too young. RIP.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; "
- Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, 1598

Capn Darwin

#8
October 02, 2013, 10:17:17 AM
Wow that sucks. RIP Tom.
Rocket Scientist by day, Game Designer by night.

pawelj

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October 02, 2013, 10:17:47 AM
"Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war." - Winston Churchill

GDS_Starfury

#10
October 02, 2013, 10:17:56 AM
That sucks.  :(
Jarhead - Yeah. You're probably right.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

Jarhead0331

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October 02, 2013, 10:29:35 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/tom-clancy-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

I did not particularly care for the rapid fire pulp novels released under his name, but not written by him, but his classic books from the 80s and 90s definitely left an impression.  Sad news.
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bayonetbrant

#12
October 02, 2013, 10:36:49 AM
OK guys - I've now merged FOUR threads into this one.  Look before you leap!
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

MikeGER

#13
October 02, 2013, 10:40:38 AM
how sad, i loved his early work, RIP

Jarhead0331

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October 02, 2013, 10:42:53 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 02, 2013, 10:36:49 AM
OK guys - I've now merged FOUR threads into this one.  Look before you leap!

Bite me.
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18

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