Tom Clancy passed away

[Eddyz Aquila]

http://www.businessinsider.com/tom-clancy-dead-celebrated-thriller-author-dies-at-age-66-2013-10

One of my favourite thriller writers, a real real shame.

R.I.P. Mr. Clancy.

 

[mirandashell]

Sixty-six? Oh lor that's no age at all!

RIP Mr Clancey

 

[Ramshackle]

Another talented writer gone in 2013.

Rest in peace.

 

[KTC]

Far too young to go. )-: R.I.P. Mr. Clancy.

 

[PorterStarrByrd]

Thanks for the books, Tom.

 

[Marian Perera]

Very sorry to hear this. I'm going to look for The Hunt for Red October in remembrance.

 

[Bufty]

Oh, my. R.I.P., Tom, and thanks for the reads.

 

[Storycrowd]

Yes, RIP Mr. Clancy. Sad to hear of this today, but thank you for sharing the news.

 

[thothguard51]

RIP Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy passed away today at the tender age of 66. RIP Tom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-dead_n_4029876.html

 

[Sirion]

That's very sad. Going to miss his books

 

[Albedo]

Damn. Along with Michael Crichton, who also died 'young', Clancy's books defined my technothriller reading phase (age 14-16, roughly). I still have a soft spot for The Sum of All Fears, possibly the brickiest brick of a brick-shaped brick ever to be committed to mass-market paperback.

 

[amrose]

 

[Diver]

The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising, two of the very first novels I read in English. He's one of the reasons I maintained a functional command of English in my youth. I devoured Ryan's novels whenever I laid my hands on them.

RIP Mr. Clancy. You will be missed.

 

[thothguard51]

I have now counted three RIP Tom Clancy threads, maybe we should merge them...

 

[LOTLOF]

I remember reading Red Storm Rising back in 1988, when I was still in High School. It was one of the first books to make me fall in love with AU tales.

R.I.P. Tom Clancy.

 

[Williebee]

MOD Note: Bit of housecleaning

 

[robjvargas]

"Command Authority," his last book, is due to be published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in December, the company said. Putnam is an imprint of the Penguin Group.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/tom-clancy-obit/index.html

I'll be snatching that up ASAP. Might even pre-order if B&N will let me.

 

[WeaselFire]

He'll be missed. Though personally, I lost interest in his later novels. I did like the earlier ones...

RIP

Jeff

 

[kobold]

For the political/military/espionage thriller, it doesn't get much better than this author. Accurately researched and a blast to read. None of the filmed work based on his titles has ever quite gotten it right.

THE SUM OF ALL FEARS stands out not just for being a 900+ word thriller that reads in a few days, but because Clancy's story seemed eerily ahead of the news at the time, and in the '90s those headlines were already moving pretty damned fast. Excellent storyteller.

R.I.P.

 

[asroc]

That's a shame. I think The Hunt for Red October is the only book of his I've ever read, but my father has a whole bunch of his books.

RIP.

 

[J.S.F.]

Just saw this. A real shame. Fine writer, knew how to turn out well-researched thrillers. Loved his novels, sense of pace...everything.

 

[Vito]

I enjoyed the two Clancys that I've read -- The Cardinal of the Kremlin and Patriot Games -- and am looking forward to reading Without Remorse sometime soon.

RIP, TC.

 

[Beachgirl]

I still remember when I read The Hunt for Red October for the first time. I was hooked. I devoured his books for quite a while after that.

R.I.P. Mr. Clancy.

 

[cedars]

Gone too young. R.I.P Mr. Clancy.

Manal

 

[Lemontree]

My father gave me a box set of his books for Christmas when I was a bit young for them, but I enjoyed them later on.

Damn shame.