OT, Tom Clancy, RIP

[The Daring Dufas]

I just heard on the news that Tom Clancy has passed away in then hospital. I enjoyed his work and movies based on his books. o_O

TDD

[Harry K]

Sad news indeed. I have read his original novels twice and am now reading them for the third time. Those he wrote with a co-author - I don't read.

Harry K

[nestork]

I expect most people would know that Tom Clancy was a writer, but not all.

He wrote a lot of spy vs. spy type novels that were made into movies like The Hunt for Red October and books like that.

I'm sure a lot of people will mourn the loss of a truly gifted writer like Tom was.

[Frank]

Mark Greaney was co-author on one written in 2012. He's got Jack Ryan, his son, and other characters from previous books. Very good reads even if topic and background change very little. My son had been buying these books for me on Christmas. I suspect there are more in the pipe-line.

[krw]

The Jack Ryan character was killed off in a divorce. She owned half of the books so he didn't write any more.

[Jim Rusling]

I am also in the process of re-reading them as well.

[Jim Rusling]

There is another one that is due to be released Dec 3, 2013.

[Arthur Conan Doyle]

That publishing fad is something that pisses me off. Clive Cussler is another favorite author that fell for that crap. Use the famous author's name in monster font and then put the ghost author name in small font.

[Frank]

They all do it. These after death books are OK unless they push it too far, just relying on the characters the original author had built up.

One I liked, can't think of name offhand as it was years ago, in his dotage retired to Florida and books just became silly. Some people should quit while ahead.