Tom Clancy

[Ack-Ack]

Isn't Debt of Honor the one in which we go to war with the Japanese again and a JAL pilot crashes into the Capitol Building?

[Dichotomy]

yes..
 
I'm currently working my way through all of his works in time period order.  He does tend to get a bit wordy at times but they're all still a good read in my mind.  I think Patriot Games is my favorite Jack Ryan book but Red Storm is my favorite of all time

[Rob52240]

Isn't Debt of Honor the one in which we go to war with the Japanese again and a JAL pilot crashes into the Capitol Building?

Yes.  I found that book extremely boring and regretted finishing it.

[wpeters]

Audible is great if you don't want to read. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Audible is great if you don't want to read. 

But its not the same. You get maybe 50% of the experience.

[wpeters]

But its not the same. You get maybe 50% of the experience.

Personally I disagree due to the fact That I like to speed read.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Personally I disagree due to the fact That I like to speed read.

I tried audio books and they're distracting because the readers interpretation of the text is annoying. If a machine would read it emotionless it would be better. But even then you can't go back and re-read a spot if you want to rethink and visualize whats written. So audible is a compromise. Not as bad as watching a movie based on the book but a lot worse than reading by yourself.

[Gman]

Eagl - I think it's abondonia or one of the other old game sites that has RSR avaiable, and runs fine on DosBox.  It's been a few years, but I had it working well on a Win7 notebook.  Pew Pew Pew!






A bit of O/T sorta, George RR Martin, the much covered and interviewed writer of the Game of Thrones series, listed the top 10 battle sequences in novels he has read on his blog on his georgerrmartin.com site.  He listed the battle of Alfeld from Red Storm Rising in his top 10, I found that curious, and interesting. 

[Dichotomy]

Personally I disagree due to the fact That I like to speed read.

I like to listen to books while I'm doing mindless work.  As long as you get the unabridged version it's cool. 

[Zerstorer]

Eagl - I think it's abondonia or one of the other old game sites that has RSR avaiable, and runs fine on DosBox.  It's been a few years, but I had it working well on a Win7 notebook.  Pew Pew Pew!

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A bit of O/T sorta, George RR Martin, the much covered and interviewed writer of the Game of Thrones series, listed the top 10 battle sequences in novels he has read on his blog on his georgerrmartin.com site.  He listed the battle of Alfeld from Red Storm Rising in his top 10, I found that curious, and interesting. 

Awesome game....spent way too much time playing this as well.

[eagl]

Eagl - I think it's abondonia or one of the other old game sites that has RSR avaiable, and runs fine on DosBox.  It's been a few years, but I had it working well on a Win7 notebook.  Pew Pew Pew!

I'll have to give that a shot, thx.  It's been a long time since I last played with dosbox, couldn't get a few games (like global conquest) running last time I tried so I sort of stopped using it.  Sounds like I have a good reason to try again.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Awesome game....spent way too much time playing this as well.

I played RSR on Amiga a lot too.

[branch37]

Yes, same John Clark in RB6.

His original name was John Kelly IRRC, he was with the UDT/SEAL team units that operated in Vietnam, and worked with the Phoenix program, or a unit in Clancy/fiction representing Phoenix at least, same sort of deal.  I won't spoil the rest of his story, it's mainly covered in Without Remorse, but he obviously ends up working with the CIA for many years, then instructing at the CIA's various schools, and then on to RB6, which you've read and know the story from there.

Ok that is exactly what I thought.  Reading the book descriptions, they keep calling Kelly "the dark side of Jack Ryan", making it sound like Ryan has a multiple personality disorder or something.     Stupid Itunes.

Anyway, yall were right.  I started Without Remorse, and havent been able to put the damn thing down.  I knew Clark was kind of dealt a crappy hand but damn.  I didnt know it went that far.  FYI I'm only about half way through the book so dont spoil it.   

[Dichotomy]

I found all of his books much better than most of the drivel that's put out now days.  Chronologically I believe that Patriot Games is next sir. 

[branch37]

Why didn't anyone tell me that Without Remorse is probably the most depressing book ever written?