Tom Clancy - anyone here read his books?

Especially the newer novels such as Dead or Alive and Locked on which involve Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan Junior and the two guys from Rainbow Six.

I just bought the paperback novel of Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive from a small Shopko store earlier today. Just wondering if the two books that involve Jack Ryan Jr are good or whatever?

Last time I read a Jack Ryan novel was teh boring Red Rabbit novel which was long and boring like the Bear and the Dragon novel years ago

i've read Dead or Alive. it was allright. I have not read Locked On yet.

my favorites from him are The Bear and the Dragon, and Red Storm Rising.

which basicaly are these epic scale wars brewing, Bear and Dragon being Russia vs China, and Red Storm Rising being the Cold War has now gone hot. Both are long stories yes.

I remember having to skim read through the submarine battles in Red Storm Rising, because he was going into such depth (pun intended :P) and detail of how subs fight each other - of which i have no knowledge or understanding of. I just skimmed that bit to figure out who was winning or what was going IN the subs.

I used to read a lot of his work, including his series Power Play, but i stopped after a while because it became very routine, you could almost see the twist coming a mile away.

That said I am tempted to re-read Bear and Dragon, Red Storm Rising, and Politika, I remember really enjoying those books.

ironically it was his book Politika (which i don't think he even wrote) that got me into reading fiction as a teenager. Before that it was just non-fiction or religous texts, love of want to read fiction was kinda beaten out of me from school where you read stuff you really don't give a $hit about.

Jack Ryan has been in all of his main line of books. He has a guest writer that works with him now on the Ryan novels who likely does the majority of the work. The novels are nowhere near where they once were, but his latest - Threat Vector - was actually pretty good.

If you want to get into his books I would start at the beginning because his major characters are in every book, so you don't pick up on everything unless you start with The Hunt for Red October. All of the Ryan novels that have been turned into movies are worth reading. I would definitely read The Hunt for Red October and Without Remorse (which is being made into a movie).

Bear and the Dragon I just couldn't stand a few years ago. It was too long and boring. Too much political preacyhness that was going on involving the Russians and China.

The only old books of Tom Clancy that I enjoyed were Patriot Fames and the novel where Jack Ryan became President for the first time. Executive Power 10-15 years ago or whatever.

NetForce the first book of the NetForce series I read and I even saw the tv movie of it when it came on NBC in the mid late 1990s

It's on my priority list to get his books, I've heard nothing but great reviews on them!

I've read most of them. Without Remorse and Rainbow Six being my top two. His whole series focusing on a younger Jack Ryan and his cousins are really quite good as well.

It's on my priority list to get his books, I've heard nothing but great reviews on them!

solidruss

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It's on my priority list to get his books, I've heard nothing but great reviews on them!

WhiteKnight77

That's what friends have told me, can't wait!

I've read most of them. Without Remorse and Rainbow Six being my top two. His whole series focusing on a younger Jack Ryan and his cousins are really quite good as well.

airshocker

I read the books and it was okay.

Nah, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I've never really seen any value in those kind of books.

Nah, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I've never really seen any value in those kind of books.

jim_shorts

They are entertaining as fictious thrillers and informative from a technical standpoint.

Last Clancy book I read was Executive Orders, Red Storm Rising is one of my all time favorite books.

The only novels by Tom Clancy that I really do like are

NetForce 1

OpCenter 1

Patriot Games

Executive Orders

Red Rabbit was ok but it felt like a remake of Sum of All Fears except we had to deal with some pope that wanted to quit

As for the Jack Ryan Jr novels Dead or Alive and Locked On Im getting introduced to the Ryan family all over agaiin even though Jack Jr is all grown up while good old Jack Ryan Sr is president again or whatever.

Rainbow Six the first novel I kinda liked. Are John Clark and Ding's roles in the Jack Ryan novels are they short or do they get involved in some good action scenes?

The only novels by Tom Clancy that I really do like are

NetForce 1

OpCenter 1

Patriot Games

Executive Orders

Red Rabbit was ok but it felt like a remake of Sum of All Fears except we had to deal with some pope that wanted to quit

As for the Jack Ryan Jr novels Dead or Alive and Locked On Im getting introduced to the Ryan family all over agaiin even though Jack Jr is all grown up while good old Jack Ryan Sr is president again or whatever.

Rainbow Six the first novel I kinda liked. Are John Clark and Ding's roles in the Jack Ryan novels are they short or do they get involved in some good action scenes?

slamminjammin69

Nah, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I've never really seen any value in those kind of books.

jim_shorts

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Nah, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I've never really seen any value in those kind of books.

dave123321

I read the two splinter cell books back in HS which was alright.

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Nah, I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I've never really seen any value in those kind of books.

jim_shorts

I read the two splinter cell books back in HS which was alright.

Bikouchu35

I've read most of his older stuff. Red Storm Rising and Cardinal of the Kremlin are my favorites. I think I started getting a bit tired of him around The Sum of all fears - he could really use an editor.