The_Patriot21 Posted October 3, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Online Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted October 3, 2013 One of Americas favorite military fiction authors, famous for his books such as the hunt for red October and Splinter Cell, died Monday at age 66. Sad news, he also did a few non fiction books such as every man a tiger. Very talented author.http://m.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-author-dead-at-66/2013/10/02/40764160-2b6f-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugepsa91 Posted October 4, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,961 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/25/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted October 4, 2013 Aren't some popular video games based on some of his novels too? Seems "Splinter Cell" is a video game. But not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 4, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Online Birthday: 02/27/1985 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Correct, ghost recon is another. Several were made into movies as well, such as the hunt for red October and Patriot Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugepsa91 Posted October 4, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,961 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/25/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted October 4, 2013 Very talented man. I loved Clear and Present Danger.....Harrison Ford I think was in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 4, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Online Birthday: 02/27/1985 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Clear and present danger was tom Clancy as well-excellent movie loved Harrison ford in it. You may not know this but the hunt for red October and clear and present danger were all from the same book series following jack Ryan (portrayed by Alec Baldwin in red October, ford in patriot games and clear and present danger and Ben affleck in the sum of all fears) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 He also wrote a book in the 90s with a plot that was eerily similar to the attacks of 9/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 6, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Online Birthday: 02/27/1985 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Which one was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Not a clue. I heard it awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted October 6, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Not a clue. I heard it awhile back. "Thus he has Arab terrorists attacking the United States in his 1991 novel The Sum of All Fears (the baddies were changed to neo-Nazis in the 2002 film version to avoid troublesome political waters), and he was a constantly talking head on television screens in the days after 9/11, having predicted a similar disaster in his 1994 novel Debt of Honour, in which several senior politicians are killed when a terrorist crashes a jetliner into the US Capitol (albeit a Japanese terrorist)". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted October 6, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,070 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,817 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted October 6, 2013 "Hunt for Red October" is one of my all time favorite movies.I've also read the book several times. It's such a good storyline it makes one wonder if it might have actually happened... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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