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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2004, 01:39:52 PM »
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Originally posted by Yeager
Ive paid to listen to Clanceys prattle over the years.

Im still waiting to get paid for listening to yours!

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Im going to start reading Red Storm Rising again for the 20th time or so, as I might be going to Hannover next month, and of course I have to take a quick trip to Alfeld to see what it looks like.

Yes Clancys books after Rainbow six went to hell. He should have taken a cold shower before he started to write Bear and the Dragon
Bis endlich der Fiend am Boden liegt.
Bis Bishland bis Bishland bis Bishland wird besiegt!

Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2004, 01:42:55 PM »
So there are more people than me that read that book over and over again. I think ive read it once every year since i got it. Can't wait til i get senile so it will all be new every time :)

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« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2004, 04:52:34 PM »
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I just finished reading "Red Storm Rising" for the billionth time. Clancey peaked way too early.

-Sik


Yep.. and forgot to put Ryan in that one too. darnit!

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« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2004, 08:07:48 PM »
Clancy should stick to stuff he knows about.
I just finished 'Sea of Fire', great commedy, but Im pretty sure that isnt what he intended.
Does he even write those books anymore? Or do they just whack his name on the cover so it looks good?

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« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2004, 03:17:52 AM »
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Clancy should stick to stuff he knows about.
I just finished 'Sea of Fire', great commedy, but Im pretty sure that isnt what he intended.
Does he even write those books anymore? Or do they just whack his name on the cover so it looks good?


what is "sea of fire" about?

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« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2004, 04:31:27 AM »
Sea of Fire is about an Australian bussiness magnate who is involved in the theft, processing and sale to terrorists of nuclear waste.
And how the authorities from the US, Singapore and Australia go about catching him.

The actual gist of the story is pretty cool, it's just the glaring mistakes that annoy me.
For anyone who is not an Aussie, or doesnt have much of an idea about Australian geography, the mistakes wont even be noticeable.
Just stuff like at one point they talk about boarding a Huey in Tamworth, NSW, and getting off it 90 minutes later in Darwin, NT.
That is one FAST Huey, with loooong range tanks too apparently.
And they speak of the Great Barrier Reef being allmost 200 miles long.......it is closer to 1000 miles long.
Just little stuff like that......I may be being picky, but it annoys me that the author didnt even bother to check a map.


I just looked, and allthough it says "Tom Clancey's Op Centre" in the title, there is another name as the author.
So apparently, his name is just there for sales purposes.